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A Night Divided Book Report

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Report by: Jacquelyn Globig Language Arts #38 7a-1 A Night Divided By: Jennifer A. Nielsen My book report is for A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen. I chose this book because it describes the life of a twelve year old girl during the Great Berlin Wall. This book is about a young girl named Greta who is separated from her father and brother because of the Berlin Wall. One day Greta gets a message from her father. She thinks he wants her to start digging a tunnel. Greta finds and old abandoned building where she starts digging. Greta and her brother Fritz work long, tireless, never-ending days digging. One day there was someone of the other side of the tunnel, it was Papa. Once the tunnel was completed they set through it, escaping the treacherous East side, to the colorful bright West. There are many characters in the story, but I thought the main three were Greta, Fritz, and Anna. Greta was the main main character, she wanted to build the tunnel in the first place. Fritz was Greta’s oldest brother who was supposed to be shipped to the East German military but escaped. He helped …show more content…

One was in the beginning of the book, Greta was separated from Papa and Dominic. This conflict was resolved in the end when they were all reunited. The second conflict occurred while in the tunnel escaping. German officers had found the tunnel and were trying to stop them. One of the officers that actually came with them to help, was shot and killed while his wife and child made it through. It was resolved by them making it through the tunnel and escaping to the West. The Climax began when Peter, (Anna’s brother), was killed trying to escape. This carried mostly until Mama had come home and started to help digging. It ended right before Greta and her family went into the tunnel. In the end, Greta, her family, Anna, and her family, and the officers family got through to West

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