Through the Wall: A Boy's Struggle for Freedom - Hardcoverby Alida Sims Malkus (Author), Victor A. Prezio (Illustrator) Through The Wall: A Boy's Struggle For Freedom is a book written by Alida Sims Malkus. It is a heart wrenching story of a young boy named Peter who is trapped behind the Berlin Wall. The book is set in the early 1960s, during the Cold War era, when East and West Germany were divided by the Berlin Wall. Peter, a boy living in East Berlin, dreams of freedom and a better life. He longs to join