Oranges for Christmas: A Berlin Wall Escape Novel

by Margarita Morris

Overview

The bonds of family are stronger than the Berlin Wall...

Berlin, 1961. Sabine can't imagine a life separated from her beloved brother. So when the barbed wire goes up overnight to divide East and West Berlin, she and her mother begin to plan their escape. But Sabine is living under the shadow of the secret police known as the Stasi. She'll have to tread carefully as the network of civilian spies closes in around her...

Dieter would risk everything to free his family from the oppressive East German regime. He joins a rebel group with plans to hatch a daring rescue. As the situation grows dire across the wall, Dieter must be painfully patient. A single misstep could get him and his family killed...

The Stasi have eyes everywhere. Can Sabine and Dieter reunite against incredible odds when anyone could be a spy?

Oranges for Christmas is a heart-wrenching historical fiction novel set in Cold War Germany. If you like authentic historical details, tenacious characters, and stories of hope in the face of tyranny, then you'll love Margarita Morris' emotional page-turner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780992748968
Publisher:	Landmark Media
Publication date:	11/20/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

The narrator over sixty audiobooks, Christa Lewis has been featured in AudioFile magazine and earned multiple Earphones Awards for recordings that have become Audible bestsellers in YA and literary fiction. Christa is a classically trained actress and graduate of Boston University's actor training program. She got her start as the voice of international television station DW-TV, and has been a regular on hundreds of cartoons, museum guides, documentaries, and commercials. An experienced teacher and director, Christa teaches commercial voice-over and audiobook narration at the V. O. Dojo, at Wacky Titles, and for the GVAA. She was a panelist at the 2016 Audio Publishers Association Conference.

James Anderson Foster was one of those kids that actually lettered in drama way back in High School (and if you ask nicely, he might even tell you just how far back that was). Since that time, he's done most of his acting behind a microphone, and has narrated audiobooks for a variety of publishers, across nearly all genres-both fiction and nonfiction. He was born and raised on the west coast, and even though he's lived in the Midwest for over a decade now, still considers Oregon home. In 2015, James was a finalist in three categories for the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Voice Arts Awards (Mystery, Science Fiction, and Fantasy). James has been praised for his conversational delivery and ability to sound exactly like the voice you were imagining in your head.

Margarita Morris is an author of historical fiction. Her titles include the bestselling Oranges for Christmas, a novel about the building of the Berlin Wall. She lives in Oxford, England, and is married with two sons.

Editorial Reviews

"This book vividly portrays what happened and what should never ever happen again. The characters are well developed and make you hope for their survival. This book is heartbreaking and will cause you to be angry. I highly recommend and encourage young adults to seniors to read this book." Goodreads reviewer.

"Amazing! Possibly the best book I have read in a very long time. A moving story about a family torn between the East and the West, includes some very raw details about how the Stasi treated people." Goodreads reviewer.

"Experience Cold War Berlin in this excellent historical read for young and old." Goodreads reviewer.

"Transforms you back to a world of fear." Goodreads reviewer.

"This may be a novel but it reads like real life. The author must have spent untold hours researching the facts surrounding The Berlin Wall." Goodreads reviewer.

"I was hooked reading this beautifully written story of love, bonds and determination. Lots of hurdles and compelling moments." Goodreads reviewer.

"This is a wonderful story. Full of hope. Riveting read so very human. You can picture the characters clearly. Excellent." Goodreads reviewer.

"Thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it very insightful to what life was like during The Berlin Wall. I really couldn't put it down." Goodreads reviewer.

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