Escaping East Germany

Contributor(s): Krasner, Barbara (Author)

ISBN: 9781503825321

Publisher: Child's World Momentum

$35.64

Pub Date: August 1, 2018

Dewey: 943.1087

LCCN: 2017959690

Lexile Code: 0790

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.10" L x 6.70" W ( 0.55 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General

Series: Great Escapes in History

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000196693 ( Escaping East Germany)

Reading level: 5.10

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from war-torn East Germany. From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, thousands of people fled the communist regime in East Germany to the freedom of West Germany.

Brief description: Freelance writer Barbara Krasner writes nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for children and adults. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and teaches children's literature and creative writing at William Paterson University in New Jersey, where she is currently pursuing a master's in public history.

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