They try to save a Russian soldier, who has been beaten and left for dead, by smuggling him to Paris, where they are going to perform in a music competition. |a Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, three eighth-grade girls are living on an American military base with their families in Berlin. The author sent me a copy of this book to review.|a DLC |c DLC |d IG# |d OCO |d UPZ |d EHH |d YDXCP There’s also plenty to talk about in regards to the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall, military family life, and visiting Paris. Issues to talk about include kids taking on responsibility, asserting their independence, contributing to important family decisions, and deciding whom they can trust. Their decision to take the soldier to Paris, and the events that follow, can provide great things to discuss in a mother-daughter book club with girls aged 9 to 13. They’re not sure they will fit in with the kids at school in the states, and they don’t want to lose their friendship in the process. But Giselle and Jody are nervous about their impending move. They’re good kids, and because they’ve moved often they know how to adapt to different environments. As children of military or diplomatic parents, the girls in the story all live in homes that are highly disciplined. Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry is set just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And that trip to Paris may be just the way to do it-if they can figure out how to pull it off. The girls realize the only way they can truly save his life is to smuggle him out of Berlin. Then they witness the attempted murder of a Soviet soldier by his own officers. Army base in Berlin and return to the U.S. It was supposed to be the last chance they would have to play together before Jody and Giselle leave the U.S. Jody and her friends, Giselle and Vivian, can’t believe their music teacher has to cancel their trip to Paris for a musical competition.
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