GREENE, Bette - Summer of My German Soldier - (Hardcover in Wrapper) * RECOMMENDED READING *

1979 book still in a great condition - Does have a library in Texas withdrawn stamp inside - Little used - No other library stuff - Wrapper also very good - I loved this book.   >>>  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.