Books about the Cold War have been my favorite for years.
Very little is written about it for teens. They know almost nothing. I jumped
at the chance to read this book so I could get it into the hands of my
students. We have Kate who is. and American. As the daughter of a diplomat she moves
a lot. This time they are in West Berlin. She meets Amy, whose father is a
diplomat stationed on the east side of Berlin. Amy spends a lot of time at Kate’s
house. Kate goes to visit Amy and meets
Michael. Michael and his sister are barely surviving on the east side. Of
course Kate and Michael meet. This is dangerous for Michael and his sister as
the Stasi watch everything.
I enjoyed this book because the author is the daughter of a
diplomat who had similar experiences to that of Kate. I enjoyed this also because I worked with two
teachers and taught their daughter. They would tell me stories of living in
embassies around the world, especially Russia.
Their daughter at times was clueless as to how things actually worked in
those countries because they were sheltered from a lot of the things people in
those country went through, all because they were a diplomat’s child. I highly recommend this book. I believe it
should be on every high school shelf. I
won a copy from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer Giveaway.
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