The Summer of My German Soldier

By Bette Greene Bette Greene

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Self-esteem, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Teenage fiction, Large type books, Children - fiction & literature, Soldiers, fiction, Children's stories, Jews, fiction, Places & cultures, Germans, World War, 1939-1945, Prejudices, Historical fiction, World War, 1939-1945 in fiction, Prejudices in fiction, Toleration, American Prisoners and prisons, Fiction, Fiction - people, Prisoners of war in fiction, Children's fiction, Jews, united states, fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Arkansas, fiction, Conduct of life in fiction, Self esteem, Conduct of life, Jews in fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Jews, Self-esteem in fiction, Prisoners of war, Arkansas in fiction, Prejudices, fiction, Self-esteem, fiction, Friendship

Description: When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, 12-year-old Patty Bergen learns what it means to open her heart. Although 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, who understands and appreciates her in a way her parents never will. And Patty is willing to risk losing family, friends--even her freedom--for what has quickly become the most important part of her life.