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**A stunning, exciting story from acclaimed author Dan Smith – author of the Carnegie Medal-nominated *Nisha’s War*.**  **BERLIN 1961**

Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They play together every day, with Otto the cat.

One night they wake up to bangs and shouts. Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that gets longer and higher until it divides the whole city.

On the East side, Monika is scared – neighbours are becoming spies and there are secret police everywhere.

It’s Anja who spots that Otto has found a way across. If he can visit Monika, then perhaps she can too.

But Anja gets trapped and there’s no safe way back . . .

An emotional, atmospheric story from Carnegie Medal-nominated author Dan Smith

• From the author of Nisha’s War, My Friend the Enemy and She Wolf
• A high-stakes adventure, set during the Cold War, centred on two cousins separated when the Berlin Wall is built
• Perfect for readers aged 9 and up who may be studying the Cold War at school

PRAISE FOR DAN SMITH:

‘Action, adventure, wolves, snow … this story has EVERYTHING. I devoured it so quickly I need to read it again.’ EMMACARROLL on She Wolf

‘This book grabbed me from page one – highly recommended’ HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY on My Friend the Enemy

Zusammenfassung
Berlin 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends - they even share a cat called Otto. But a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks - dividing the whole city: the Berlin Wall. Then, Anja discovers that Otto has found a way across. And if he can reach Monika, so can she ...