This quote comes from a point in the book when Gerta has begun seriously thinking about an attempted escape. She worries that perhaps her brother is having similar thoughts, though neither of them dare talk about it aloud.
I started walking again and Fritz followed along at my side. “You and I have ideas too,” I told him. “And I don’t want to become like them.” I stared up at him. “That’s not me, Fritz, and I don’t think it’s you either.”
“No, it’s not,” he said. “In fact . . . never mind.”
“In fact, what?” Fritz was avoiding my eyes now so I moved in front of him, forcing him to look at me. “Tell me!”
He opened his mouth, then clamped it shut and walked past me. A new worry sprouted in my chest as I hurried to catch up to him. Fritz had been keeping secrets from Mama for years, just to protect her. But something had changed. Now he had started keeping them from me as well.
A NIGHT DIVIDED will be released on August 25th – only three weeks away! I hope this is a book you will want to check out!
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I wonder what is in Fritz head that he doesn’t want to say to Gerta. Maybe an escape plan? Or maybe he joined a secret group where they are devising a plan for an escape hehe… Still, This made me more curious about this book. 🙂
Fritz definitely is keeping a secret from Gerta. And in East Berlin, all secrets are very dangerous…
I read this book in my humanities class in my teacher cry at the end. It was really sad at the end. But it was a really really really good book. It’s the best book I’ve ever read. It made me learn more about the Berlin Wall.
That’s awesome, Aryanna, and was exactly what I was hoping for with this book (well, not necessarily making your teacher cry), but that readers would want to know more about that time period. Thanks for reading, and for letting me know!
I’m glad they realize they don’t want to be like the enemy (is that what you call them?) And only three weeks away! Hurray!
-Loreley
Coming soon!
Mrs. Nielsen how much longer till they tell you their desicion on the False Prince movie. Please let me know!
Soon, I hope!
When will you have the movie news?
Soon, I hope!
Will you make this a movie I loved the book
Thank you, Logan. There are no current plans to make a movie, but who knows what the future will bring!
Ok will there be a second book about there life in the west
There will not be a second book of the series. I don’t feel like something that would start out as “Chapter 1: Gerta Eats a Banana,” would be all that exciting to read. But I will keep writing other stories that I hope you will enjoy just as much!
Please make this into a movie!
I’d be down for that – now to get a Hollywood studio on board with the idea! 👍🏼
I love this book the ending is good.
yeah that would be cool
Thank you!