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Summer of My German Soldier

Puffin Modern Classics
Bette Greene - Author
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Book: Paperback | 5.00 x 7.00in | 240 pages | ISBN 9780142406519 | 20 Apr 2006 | Puffin | 10 - AND UP years
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Summer of My German Soldier

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.


ALA Notable Book
National Book Award: Finalist
New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year

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