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Berliners



written and illustrated by
Vesper Stamper

Edition
Library edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
Knopf
ISBN
9780593428375
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Language: Strong Language , Violence: General , Violence: Self-Harm , Violence: Suicide
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A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate.

A city divided. A family fractured. Two brothers caught between past and present.

Berlin, 1961. Rudi Möser-Fleischmann is an aspiring photographer with dreams of greatness, but he can't hold a candle to his talented, charismatic twin brother Peter, an ambitious actor. With the sudden divorce of their parents, the brothers find themselves living in different sectors of a divided Berlin; the postwar partition strangely mirroring their broken family. But one night, as the city sleeps, the Berlin Wall is hurriedly built, dividing society further, and Rudi and Peter are forced to choose between playing by the rules and taking their dreams underground. That is, until the truth about their family history and the growing cracks in their relationship threaten to split them apart for good.

From National Book Award-nominated, critically acclaimed author-illustrator Vesper Stamper comes a stark look at how resentment and denial can strain the bonds of brotherhood to the breaking point.

“A Note About the Setting.” Author’s note. Glossary. Resources. Black-and-white maps and illustrations were created with acrylic ink and graphite.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Language: Strong Language , Violence: General , Violence: Self-Harm , Violence: Suicide

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

448

Trim Size

9" x 6"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Lexile

HL720L

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Dec 2022

Book Genres

Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller

Topics

Twentieth-century history of Berlin, Germany. Family secrets. Siblings. Brothers. Berlin Wall. 

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