A Night Divided

By Jennifer A. Nielsen

             This book was actually nominated for Virginia Readers choice, and that was how I found this book.

                 There was talk about a wall, but no one thought it would ever be built. The east was tightening up security, and Gerta’s Family was thinking of moving. Gerta’s Dad was the one who finally made the decision that he and Dominique, Gerta’s older brother, would seek a job and house before taking the rest of the family over. The morning right after they left though, the worst possible happened. The wall went up. Now, their family was separated, maybe even forever.

             At that time, Gerta and her older brother Fritz wanted to escape the wall, while their mother, who wanted to keep out of trouble, rather follow the ridiculous rules of the east than risk her life to go west.

             But as the book continues, they witness more and more cruelty that happened to the ones that didn’t follow the rules of the east. No one can be trusted. Will she and her family ever reunite in the west? Will they still have the courage to escape? Read to find out! Get the book here.