Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)

By - Greene, Bette

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Puffin Books, New York, 2006

ISBN 10 - 0142406511

ISBN 13 - 9780142406519

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Arkansas

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 808 GRE

Physical Description - 230 pages ; 18 cm.

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An emotional, thought-provoking book from multi-award-winning author Bette Greene. The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own. In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends — even her freedom — for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep. "An exceptionally fine novel." —The New York Times "Courageous and compelling!" —Publishers Weekly A National Book Award Finalist An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year

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