Beyond the Blue Border by Linke, Dorit
Beyond the Blue Border by Linke, Dorit

Beyond the Blue Border

Hanna and Andreas will do anything to leave oppressive East Germany behind. There's one escape route open...
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SKU: 9781623541774
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Author: Dorit Linke
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Beyond the Blue Border by Linke, Dorit

Beyond the Blue Border

$57.34
Beyond the Blue Border by Linke, Dorit

Beyond the Blue Border

$57.34
Author: Dorit Linke
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Hanna and Andreas will do anything to leave oppressive East Germany behind. There's one escape route open to them, but can they survive it?

Hanna and Andreas have always been friends. When they're expelled from school for activism directly challenging the socialist state in East Germany, they end up doing factory work. But what kind of life do they have to look forward to without education or opportunity? Especially when they aren't allowed a voice? The choice to risk imprisonment or death by escaping to the democratic West seems like a risk worth taking. They set out to swim twenty-five hours across the choppy waters of the Baltic Sea.

Linke's storytelling achieves a delicate balance between heightened moments of danger--searchlights, jellyfish, a Russian helicopter, a violent summer storm--and the monotony, ineffable fatigue, physical pain, cramping, fear, and hope that fill the rest of the journey. A memorable tale of two people risking all for a chance at freedom.

Author: Dorit Linke
Publisher: Charlesbridge Teen
Published: 09/07/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781623541774
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2021 pg. 48
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Dorit Linke was born in Rostock in the former German Democratic Republic. Growing up, she was a competitive athlete and lifeguard. After high school and the fall of the Berlin Wall, she studied architecture in Berlin and traveled the world.
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