A stunning exciting story from acclaimed author Dan Smith – author of the Carnegie
Medal-nominated Nisha’s War . BERLIN 1961 Anja and Monika live opposite each other. They
play together every day with Otto the cat. One night they wake up to bangs and shouts.
Soldiers are building a huge barbed wire fence between them. A terrible forever wall that
gets longer and higher until it divides the whole city. On the East side Monika is scared –
neighbours are becoming spies and there are secret police everywhere. It’s Anja who spots
that Otto has found a way across. If he can visit Monika then perhaps she can too. But Anja
gets trapped and there’s no safe way back . . . An emotional atmospheric story from
Carnegie Medal-nominated author Dan Smith From the author of Nisha’s War My Friend the
Enemy and She Wolf A high-stakes adventure set during the Cold War centred on two cousins
separated when the Berlin Wall is built Perfect for readers aged 9 and up who may be
studying the Cold War at school PRAISE FOR DAN SMITH: ‘Action adventure wolves
snow … this story has EVERYTHING. I devoured it so quickly I need to read it again.’
EMMACARROLL on She Wolf ‘This book grabbed me from page one – highly recommended’
HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY on My Friend the Enemy
