The Berlin Runaway

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Even the Berlin Wall could not stop him from trying to save the girl he loves.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>1952. </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Anton Schulzis only seven when his father an ex-SS officer still devoted to the Nazi party is arrested and his mother dies from shock during the ambush. Left to fend for himself in an orphanage in Berlin he befriends Ella Kühn a girl his father would force him to hate just because of her darker skin. Yet despite his ingrained prejudices Anton feels protective over Ella and the two develop a strong bond.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>1961. </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>On the night of August 13 Anton gets word that will wreak havoc on the lives of Berliners. As soldiers begin erecting a wall that will separate East and West Berlin Anton finds a last-minute means of escape. Yet when he asks Ella to join him she insists on staying behind with her sick father. Willing to do anything for the girl he loves he takes her eleven-year-old brother Josef instead.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Finding freedom across the wall Anton cannot stop thinking about the girl he left behind just when he hoped they could become something more. Knowing that crossing the Berlin Wall could be fatal he is willing to risk his life to save Ella. But when his letters to Ella are left unanswered he fears there is no one there on the other side waiting for him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>From the bestselling author of </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Berlin Girl </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>trilogy </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Berlin Runaway</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> presents the series' narrative from Anton's perspective and is a gripping and heart-wrenching story of love loyalty and courage during an unimaginable time in history.</span></p>