Tom Clohosy Cole

The main focus of the book written by Tom Clohosy Cole centers a young boy that encounters a historic part of modern history, the Berlin Wall. This wall was built to separate the ´New Germany' versus the 'Old Germany'. As history has told us the WW II in 1945, Germany decided to built this Wall to separate themselves because of the believes and systems that the country had, but nevertheless that implied a lot more, including the breakings and separation of a thousand of families. Cole describes in his story, a family that was broken because of this event. The boy narrates that his father was stuck when the wall was building, separating him from his wife and children. That made the boy miss him, and dream about his father coming back. He knew the risks of escaping, and that the results could end with escape or death. With hope on his side, he dig a tunnel and when it was ready the family departed. The hard part was not to been seen, but when someone noticed them escaping, he told his story about looking for his dad, and the soldier let them go. At the end, the reunited happily. The story is sad but with a good ending, the kids could understand a dark time in the world with this story, and that problems can be solved with kindness, respect and empathy, like the soldier that let the family pass and continue to look for the father.… (mais)