Puffin Modern Classics: Summer of My German Soldier (Hardcover)

from aimless22

Read this as a kid and did not remember the whole story, so decided to read it again as an adult. The lead character, Patty Bergen, at twelve years old is younger than I recalled. But her memorable summer with Anton, the German POW escapee, is as important to her as the air she breathes. Her love...

from RLeiphart

Patty Bergen is a twelve year Jewish girl living in a small town in Arkansas during World War II. She is misunderstood and apparently unloved by her parents. Their black maid is the only one who shows kindness to Patty, who so badly wants someone to love her. One summer when most of the other gir...

from TheOnlyMe

I read this book when I was about 9 or 10 during a camping trip and I absolutely loved it. It has a bit of a romantic edge to it but nothing not suitable for children. It's historical fiction and definitely a great read for anyone interested in the stateside history of WWII. I also read the seque...

from CatieN

Patty is a 12-year-old Jewish girl living in Arkansas during World War II. Her parents own Bergen's department store in town. The summer in question, the U.S. opens a POW camp just outside of town, and through a series of events, Patty comes in close contact with one of the POWs from the camp, wh...

from debnance

I just thought I was releasing this book at Project Graduation. Instead, the book somehow ended up coming home with me. I read it today. What a powerful story. A young girl, criticized and cruelly treated by her parents, meets a German POW, captured and held captive in a POW camp in Arkansas duri...