A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine their ultimate fate.
A city divided. A family fractured. Two brothers caught between past and present.
Berlin, 1961. Rudi Möser-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.
A city divided. A family fractured. Two brothers caught between past and present.
Berlin, 1961. Rudi Möser-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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8 HOURS TO STOP AN EXPLOSION...8 HOURS TO FALL IN LOVE.
A high-octane, nail biting, flirty sci-fi adventure about a stowaway girl and an entitled boy who find themselves falling for each other as they race against the clock to outwit a band of mercenaries.
It’s 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a rocky wilderness into a chaotic blend of settlements that are part national pride, part corporate conquest.
Enter Hunter Graves. After his Dad dies on Earth, Hunter decides to make an unannounced visit to his only other living relatives--his mom and sister who live on Mars. Unfortunately, he arrives at the check-in station moments before a toxin is detected...and he can’t find an escape pod.
But a stowaway named Cleo has also missed her chance to escape. And when the two discover each other, they skip the small talk and go straight to sending an SOS. It turns out there is no toxin...but there is a group of mercenaries has infiltrated the station and rigged a bomb to go off in eight hours, obliterating all evidence of their crime. And now for Cleo and Hunter, the race is on to get out.
A high-octane, nail biting, flirty sci-fi adventure about a stowaway girl and an entitled boy who find themselves falling for each other as they race against the clock to outwit a band of mercenaries.
It’s 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a rocky wilderness into a chaotic blend of settlements that are part national pride, part corporate conquest.
Enter Hunter Graves. After his Dad dies on Earth, Hunter decides to make an unannounced visit to his only other living relatives--his mom and sister who live on Mars. Unfortunately, he arrives at the check-in station moments before a toxin is detected...and he can’t find an escape pod.
But a stowaway named Cleo has also missed her chance to escape. And when the two discover each other, they skip the small talk and go straight to sending an SOS. It turns out there is no toxin...but there is a group of mercenaries has infiltrated the station and rigged a bomb to go off in eight hours, obliterating all evidence of their crime. And now for Cleo and Hunter, the race is on to get out.