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Written by Callie Labrador. Patty Bergen is twelve years old and school is out for the summer in her small Arkansas town where nothing much ever happens - that is, until this summer, when a prison camp for German prisoners of war captured during World War Two is opened and the first prisoners arrive. The town is briefly fascinated by them, but ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Bette Greene ’s Summer of My German Soldier is a novel and a television movie set in eastern Arkansas during World War II. Both portray the Arkansas location, era, and characters realistically. Since the novel’s publication in 1973, it has remained a young-adult best-seller and is considered a classic of young-adult literature.
Overview. Summer of My German Soldier (1973) is a young adult novel by American author Bette Greene. The book is heavily based on Greene’s own childhood in Arkansas and Tennessee during World War II and her experiences growing up Jewish in the conservative Christian South. A made-for-TV film adaptation starring Kristy McNichol was released in ...
Introduction. Summer of My German Soldier, Bette Greene's first and best-known novel, chronicles one summer in the life of a twelve-year-old Jewish girl in the rural South. First published in 1973, it was an overwhelming critical success and has gone on to become a classic of juvenile literature.
Sep 9, 2020 · 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 010-up Originally published in the U.S.A.: Dial Press, 1973 Published by Puffin Books, 1999 Published by Speak, 2003
Sep 1, 1999 · Summer of My German Soldier (Young Puffin) Mass Market Paperback – September 1, 1999. An emotional, thought-provoking book from multi-award-winning author Bette Greene. 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.
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Jun 18, 2021 · 4. Summer of my German Soldier is largely autobiographical, though Bette Greene spent 40 years denying it. The parallels between the lives of Bette Greene and Patty Bergen, the young heroine of ...
