He let the
meaning behind his words sink in: We know what you’re doing. We know when you’re
doing it. And we know whom you’re doing it with. It seemed Uncle Heinz had
connections they hadn’t even imagined. Much bigger than phone calls from the
neighborhood spy.
, also by
Robert Elmer, Zonderkidz, 2006
Genre: Historical Fiction
Target Audience: Boys and Girls 11-16
Summary: Sabine is crippled, but her
fight with Polio has only served to make her stronger. Living in East Berlin in 1961 life is hard, but when the Wall goes
up, Sabine knows she and her family must get out. Of course everyone demands
that she stay out of the escape attempts, but she refuses. Sabine knows the
value of freedom and is willing to risk her life to not only escape herself,
but help others escape as well.
Notes: In The Wall series, Robert
Elmer takes a young boy and a young girl and places them in the midst of some
of the worst places to live during this time period. Sabine is pressured to
join the Junge Pioniere - the young Communist group, but refuses, knowing that
it is not what she believes in. The focus of the book is history, but there are
some spiritual elements as well - like Sabine and her mom wanting to keep their
Bibles even though those aren't on the approved reading list, or their belief
that God has them in East Berlin for a reason.
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale: 2/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
2 Corinthians
3:17 – Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is freedom.
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