Escape from East Berlin by Marino, Andy 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2022)

BTSB #: 603419 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 730

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Communism - Fiction Berlin Wall (Berlin, Germany), 1961-1989 - Fiction Germany (East) - Fiction

Summary: Inspired by real events, these are two stories of daring bids for freedom from the Eastern Bloc, set decades apart and relayed in alternating perspectives. With young Marta's story in 1961 and Kurt's story in 1989, triumph and tragedy intertwine in this examination of both the earliest and final days of the Berlin Wall.

Over and out by Walsh, Jenni L. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 795953 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Germany (East). |bMinisterium fur Staatssicherheit - Fiction Spies - Fiction Communism - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Germany (East) - Fiction

Summary: When Sophie is forced to spy for the Stasi in East Berlin, she becomes determined to escape with her mother to freedom after discovering she has family in the West.