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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | Graphic Novels
Gr 6 Up—In the opening pages of this graphic memoir, the author as a young child realizes that his neighbors and relatives are not free to move around. They live on the eponymous other side of the wall. Schwartz shares his story growing up in West Berlin and that of his parents' lives in East Berlin as they grow increasingly disillusioned with the comm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Schwartz's graphic memoir chronicles his parents' upbringing in East Germany, their growing discomfort with the oppression there, and--after h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More