Summer of my German soldier / Bette Greene.
Material type:
TextSeries: Puffin modern classicsPublication details: New York : Puffin Books, 2006, c1973.Description: 230 p. ; 18 cmISBN: - 0142406511 (pbk.)
- 9780142406519 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Greene, Bette | Available | 33111006226514 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
First published in the U.S.A.: Dial Press, 1973.
Published by Puffin Books, 1999.
Published by Speak, 2003.
When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.
Age 10-up.