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Fritz dude yes

Fritz dude…no

“He looked worse than sad — it was like he’d simply accepted what the state was doing to his life. He’d given up.”

LET’S GO SIBLINGS LET’S GO

“He looked worse than sad — it was like he’d simply accepted what the state was doing to his life. He’d given up.”

LET’S GO SIBLINGS LET’S GO

“He wanted me to tunnel into the west. To freedom. To him.”

NO NO GERTA WAIT GERTA-

“‘You’ve seen the sun, Anna. Now that you have, could you ever be content with just the stars for light? Would that be enough for you?’”

Anna and Gerta my tragic girls

“Viktor and I used to be friends. He was a good guy…once.”

Why does this middle grade book make me want to sob

“That file means I have no chance in life, none. They’ve already determined that I will fail.”

The Stasi was doing all that?! I knew they were bad but holy moly

“He was digging.
Papa wanted me to dig.”

It is still chilling to me to think about how many people tried to cross the wall in just that way and were killed.

I’m sure the book will have a happy ending and the family will be reunited, but I worry what obstacles they’ll face trying to do this.