| Title: | Beetle Bunker | Author First Name: | Robert | Author Last Name: | Elmer | Co-Author First Name: | | Co-Author Last Name: | | Series: | The Wall Series | Series #: | 2 | Publisher: | Zonderkidz | ISBN: | 031070944X | Genre: | Historical | Sub Genre: | Adventure | Target Gender: | Both | Target Age: | 12 and up | Issue: Death: | None | Issue: Lifestyle: | None | Issue: Physical: | None | Issue: Relationships: | Immediate Family | Issue: Religion: | Christianity | Issue: Self Image: | None | Issue: Spiritual: | Faith/Trust | 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. | Extra 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. In this book, 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. | Reviewer: | J:-)mi | Recommendation Scale: | 3 |
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