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 Cloud and Wallfish
 Author: Nesbet, Anne

 Publisher:  Candlewick Press (2016)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 385 p.,  21 cm

 BTSB No: 670893 ISBN: 9780763688035
 Ages: 10-14 Grades: 5-9

 Subjects:
 Friendship -- Fiction
 Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction
 Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century

Price: $21.88

Summary:
Noah Keller has a pretty normal life, until his parents pick him up from school and head straight behind the Iron Curtain into East Berlin, to a new life of espionage and intrigue.

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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 5.80
   Points: 12.0   Quiz: 184765
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 6.30
   Points: 19.0   Quiz: 69549

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (08/15/16)
   Booklist (09/01/16)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/10/16)
 The Hornbook (+) (00/11/16)

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Booklist - 09/01/2016 Life just got really weird for fifth-grader Noah Keller. In fact, he just got a brand new life—including a new home (East Berlin), name (Jonah Brown), and age (10)—and he’s not happy about any of it, though a severe stutter makes it difficult for him to express his dismay. His parents lay all this on him after school one day while driving straight for the airport. In 1989, few people are allowed extended visits to East Germany, but Mrs. Keller’s research into speech pathology has granted them a six-month stay. A long list of rules accompanies this bewildering trip, including “don’t draw attention to yourself” and not to forget that “they will always be listening.” Nesbet gives readers a glimpse into life behind the Iron Curtain, but her intriguing premise soon languishes from the frequent intrusion of “Secret Files,” which feel like mini history lessons. Noah’s friendship with his neighbor Claudia is genuinely touching, and some truly tense scenes unfold as secrets are revealed and readers witness events leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall. - Copyright 2016 Booklist.

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