
Berliners
Vesper Stamper(Author)
Knopf Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
Published on 25. October 2022
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-593-42837-5 (ISBN)
Description
A city divided. A family fractured. Two brothers caught between past and present. Berlin, 1961. Rudi Mèoser-Fleischmann is an aspiring photographer with dreams of greatness, but he can't hold a candle to his talented, charismatic twin brother Peter, an ambitious actor. With the sudden divorce of their parents, the brothers find themselves living in different sectors of a divided Berlin; the postwar partition strangely mirroring their broken family. But one night, as the city sleeps, the Berlin Wall is hurriedly built, dividing society further, and Rudi and Peter are forced to choose between playing by the rules and taking their dreams underground. That is, until the truth about their family history and the growing cracks in their relationship threaten to split them apart for good. From National Book Award-nominated, critically acclaimed author-illustrator Vesper Stamper comes a stark look at how resentment and denial can strain the bonds of brotherhood to the breaking point.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Seventh Grade and over, Interest Age: From 12 years
Product notice
Library binding
Illustrations
BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-42837-5 (9780593428375)
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Person
Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates novels which tell, through words and pictures, stories of history's rhymes. Her debut illustrated YA novel, What the Night Sings, about two teens emerging from the Holocaust, was a National Book Award Nominee, National Jewish Book Award Finalist, and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner. Vesper lives with her husband, filmmaker Ben Stamper, and her two teenagers, in the Northeast.