The other side of the Wall /

By: Schwartz, Simon, 1982- [author.]Contributor(s): Watkinson, Laura [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 112 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781467758406 (library bindiing : alkaline paper); 9781467760287 (pbk)Uniform titles: Drèuben! English Subject(s): Germany | Political refugees | Germany (East) | Germany -- Berlin | Political persecution | Germany (West) | Schwartz, Simon, 1982- -- Comic books, strips, etc | Schwartz, Simon, 1982- -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc | Schwartz, Simon, 1982- -- Juvenile literature | Schwartz, Simon, 1982- -- Family -- Juvenile literature | Political persecution -- Germany (East) -- Comic books, strips, etc | Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- Comic books, strips, etc | Germany (East) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Political refugees -- Germany (West) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Berlin (Germany) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Graphic novels.DDC classification: 305.9/06914092243 LOC classification: DD287.7.S3847 | A3 2015Scope and content: "Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
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"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.

Ages 12 to 18.

Translated from the German.