The Wall

ISBN-10
1490013873
ISBN-13
9781490013879
Series
The Wall
Language
English
Published
2014-01-01
Authors
Michael, Rory and Cavanaugh O'Dea, Benchmark Education Co. Staff

Description

It is August 1961 in Communist-controlled East Berlin, home of young teen Franz Mu?ller. Franz's father is working across the border in democratic West Berlin. But the East German government has seen that many workers from East Berlin have not been returning--and they take sudden action. Franz awakens to find that his city has been walled in overnight, throwing his entire family into chaos.

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