berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

In the days before the treacherous overnight raising of the Berlin Wall, teenaged cousins Drew, an American army brat in West Berlin, and Matthias, a young communist in East Berlin, become wary friends on opposite sides of the Cold War. Interspersed throughout the story are captioned photographs from the era.

Shortly before President Kennedy's scheduled visit to the wall that divides Berlin, East German agents kidnap a prominent priest in an effort to undermine the effects of that visit.

"In 1961, overnight a concrete border went up, dividing the city of Berlin into two parts--East and West. The story of the Berlin Wall holds up a mirror to post-WWII politics and the Cold War Era when the United States and the USSR were enemies, always on the verge of war. The wall meant that no one from Communist East Berlin could travel to West Berlin, a free, democratic area. Of course that didn't stop thousands from trying to breech the wall - more than one hundred of them dying in the attempt. . . . Medina explains the spy-vs-spy politics of the time as well as what has happened since the removal of one of the most divisive landmarks in modern history"--Provided by publisher.

"Historical photographs combined with . . . narration bring the story of the Berlin Wall to life. Kids will learn about the partition of Berlin after WWII, the cold war tensions between the US and the USSR that led to the building of the wall, and the anti-communist pressures that led to its fall. The fall of the wall would become a symbol of democracy and freedom"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an narrative account of the historical events leading up to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989.

"...a narrative exploring two harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans by tunneling beneath the Berlin Wall, the U.S. television networks who financed and filmed them, and the Kennedy administration's unprecedented attempt to suppress both films."--Provided by publisher.

"On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the Berlin Wall to life. Kids will learn about the partition of Berlin after WWII, the cold war tensions between the US and the USSR that led to the building of the wall, and the anti-communist pressures that led it to fall. The fall of the wall would become a symbol of democracy and freedom. Readers will understand the significance behind this event through text and clips of the event itself via the Capstone 4D augmented reality app"--.

A lonely boy in East Germany meets a girl one floor below him, and together, they find their way in the world as the Wall--and walls--close in on them.

In the early 1980s Ada and Stefan are young, would-be lovers living on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall--Ada lives with her mother and grandmother and paints graffiti on the Wall, and Stefan lives with his grandmother in the East and dreams of escaping to the West.

Tells the story of five women separated by the Berlin Wall for more than forty years, and the pain the family endured from a world divided by two.