INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Dahlberg, Maurine F.

Escape to West Berlin

(2) 4-6 In this fast-moving story set in 1961 East Berlin in the weeks leading up to the construction of the Wall, Heidi's parents decide it is time to secretly escape to the West. Heidi's first-person narration keeps readers in a front-row seat to thrilling events, and her voice is very much that of an ordinary and likable young teen rising to the challenge of extraordinary demands.

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