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Over and out / Jenni L. Walsh.

Walsh, Jenni L., (author.).

Summary:

Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor ... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor after she is released. Sophie doesn't want to agree, but in reality has no choice: The Stasi threaten to bring her mother, who has a disability from post-polio syndrome, to an institution if Sophie does not comply. Sophie is backed into a corner, until she finds out, for the first time, that she has family on the other side of the Wall, in the West. This could be what she needs to attempt an escape with her mother to freedom -- if she can invent her way out.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781338775785
  • ISBN: 1338775782
  • Physical Description: 337 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
560L Lexile
Decoding demand: 95 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 81 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.9 8 517146.
Subject: Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit > Juvenile fiction.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Children of parents with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Berlin (Germany) > History > 1945-1990 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Jefferson County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jefferson County Library-Arnold JF HISTORIC WALSH (Text) 30061100061056 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Northwest JF HISTORIC WALSH (Text) 30051100061065 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor JF HISTORIC WALSH (Text) 30065100061073 Juvenile Fiction Available -

Summary: Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor ... but that's unlikely in East Berlin, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor after she is released. Sophie doesn't want to agree, but in reality has no choice: The Stasi threaten to bring her mother, who has a disability from post-polio syndrome, to an institution if Sophie does not comply. Sophie is backed into a corner, until she finds out, for the first time, that she has family on the other side of the Wall, in the West. This could be what she needs to attempt an escape with her mother to freedom -- if she can invent her way out.

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