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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\u00dcber die Sehnsucht nach Freiheit und den Mut, alles hinter sich zu lassen. Dorit Linke verbindet historische Realit\u00e4t mit packender Spannung und zeigt, wie weit Menschen f\u00fcr Freiheit gehen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n DDR, August 1989. Hanna und Andreas tr\u00e4umen von Freiheit und von einem Leben, das sie selbst bestimmen k\u00f6nnen. Ihr Alltag in der DDR ist gepr\u00e4gt von Willk\u00fcr, Misstrauen und zerbrochenen Tr\u00e4umen. Sie wagen das Unvorstellbare: die Flucht \u00fcber die Ostsee. F\u00fcnfzig Kilometer Wasser liegen zwischen ihnen und ihrem ersehnten Neuanfang. Dunkelheit, K\u00e4lte und Ersch\u00f6pfung bedrohen sie, und nur eine d\u00fcnne Schnur, die ihre Handgelenke verbindet, rettet sie vor der absoluten Einsamkeit. \u201eJenseits der blauen Grenze\u201c \u00f6ffnet Jugendlichen ein Fenster in die Lebenswelt der DDR. Mitrei\u00dfend, authentisch und voller Gespr\u00e4chsanl\u00e4sse \u2014 eine Schullekt\u00fcre, die bewegt und bildet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n \u201eJenseits der blauen Grenze\u201c ist einer von 200 internationalen Titeln, die f\u00fcr den j\u00e4hrlich erscheinenden Buchempfehlungskatalog ausgew\u00e4hlt wurden. Der Katalog enth\u00e4lt Bilder-, Kinder- und Jugendb\u00fccher in 36 Sprachen aus 55 L\u00e4ndern.<\/p>\n\n\n “Diese B\u00fccher bestechen durch ihre k\u00fcnstlerische Gestaltung und entfalten gro\u00dfe Poesie. Sie sind einem hohen erz\u00e4hlerischen Anspruch verpflichtet.” Manuela Schwesig, Bundesministerin f\u00fcr Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2015 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n International Youth Library about Jenseits der blauen Grenze:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Hanna and Andreas want to leave, just like their friend Jens, who already left the disintegrating GDR in the late 1980s; the state no longer offers a future \u2013 but instead despotism, repression, and censorship. They want to swim across the border to West-Germany in the Baltic Sea. The idea is crazy, but they have to make an attempt. Attached to each other by a cord, and equipped with an emergency ration of chocolate, they try their luck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n During the endless hours in the sea, first-person narrator Hanna remembers episodes from her childhood, her friendship with Andreas and Jens, her rebellious grandpa, who never took the GDR regime seriously, and her growing awareness of their lack of freedom. This ingenious interweaving of past and present lends the novel narrative complexity, which is further heightened by Dorit Linke\u2019s calculated use of literary devices to let readers sense Hanna\u2019s and Andreas\u2019s growing exhaustion and desperation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The book is an exciting and credible excursion into history. <\/span>Published by Magellan-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7348-5602-0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n \u201eJenseits der blauen Grenze\u201c is one<\/span> of 200<\/span> international titles<\/span> that were selected<\/span> for<\/span> the annual<\/span> book<\/span> of recommendations<\/span>. The catalog contains<\/span> books<\/span> in<\/span> 36<\/span> languages<\/span> from 55 countries<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n The German Children’s Literature Award is a prize for works of fiction sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. It has been awarded annually since 1956 by a jury of literature specialists and critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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