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Skateway to Freedom
Contributor(s): Alma, Ann (Author)
ISBN: 1550027190     ISBN-13: 9781550027198
Publisher: Dundurn Group
OUR PRICE:   $10.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2008
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Annotation: Eleven-year-old Josie Grun escapes from Communist East Germany with her mother and father one dark night in 1989 just months before the Berlin Wall crumbles. Braving border guards, barbed wire, and rifle shots, Josie reluctantly turns her back on all that was once her familiar. Crossing the ocean to join uncle in Calgary, she attempts to learn a foreign language and overcome the prejudices of her schoolmates in order to forge a new life. Clinging to the passion that has always been a comfort, her figure skating, she enters a local competition to prove that she is free-on the ice and off.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.39" W x 8.27" (0.37 lbs) 136 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 42410
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Short-listed for the 1995 Silver Birch Award

Eleven-year-old Josie Grun escapes from Communist East Germany with her mother and father one dark night in 1989 just months before the Berlin Wall comes tumbling down. Braving border guards, barbed wire, and rifle shots, Josie reluctantly turns her back on her best friend, Greta, and all that was once familiar. She crosses the ocean to join her uncle in Calgary, attempts to learn a foreign language, and overcomes the prejudices of her schoolmates in order to forge a new life. Clinging to the passion that has always been a comfort, her figure skating, she enters a local competition to prove that she is free on the ice and off.

Contributor Bio(s): Alma, Ann: -

Ann Alma's books appears on the children's books bestseller lists and on the British Columbia government's recommended reading lists. She lives on a hobby farm in the West Kootenay mountains near Nelson, British Columbia.