It is February 1983, and Berlin is a divided city—a miles-longbarricade separating east from west. But the city isn't the onlything that is divided. Ada, almost 16, lives with her mother andgrandmother among the rebels, punkers, and immigrants ofKreuzberg, just west of the wall. Stefan, 18, lives east with hisbrooding grandmother in a faceless apartment bunker ofFriedrichshain, his telescope pointed toward freedom. Bound bylove and separated by circumstance, their only chance lies in ahigh-risk escape. But will Stefan find the courage to leap? WillAda keep waiting for the boy she has only seen four times ayear for as long as she can remember? Or will forces beyondtheir control stand in their way?Told in the alternating voices of the pink-haired graffiti artistand the boy she loves, Going Over is a story of daring andsacrifice, choices and consequences, and love that will not wait. Now in paperback, the beautiful, gripping storyof two teenagers determined to be together despite their forcedseparation on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall.
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