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Summer of My German Soldier PB
Summer of My German Soldier PB | Bette Greene
A 1973 National Book Award Finalist, an ALA Notable Book, a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year. 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.
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writeropolis
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At the heart of it, it‘s a coming-of-age story about a misunderstood girl. As such, the ending was unsatisfying to me. It left me wanting closure. But what was so unique was that I didn‘t expect one. Full review: https://wp.me/p9KtkP-ku #amreading #bookworm #bibliophile #bookish #booknerdigans #bookblogger #tsundoku #greatreads #readmorebooks #coolgirlsread

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Jensol77
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1. Summer of My German Solider - I bought it at the book fair in 6th Grade and I‘ve loved WWII fiction ever since
2. Oklahoma City Bombing
3. Warm Pepsi and Campbell‘s Tomato Soup, daytime TV
4. 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

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Samplergal
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Made into a Movie: The Summer of my German Soldier. #bookishBingo #august

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Samplergal
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What a great book! Thanks to @lahousewyfe for the recommendation. I hadn‘t heard of this book before.
#ReadingUSA2019 #arkansas
Only four more to go!

Librarybelle Woohoo! 👏👏👏 5y
ravenlee There‘s a sequel, too. 5y
Nute I haven‘t thought about this book or movie in years! 5y
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Soubhiville You‘re so close! Do you have your last 3 books chosen? 5y
BrownGirlReading This is an oldie but a goodie! 5y
lahousewyfe Excellent! Glad you enjoyed it! 5y
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LeahBergen
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One of my cooler finds from the book sale (as it‘s signed by the author).

I remember seeing this in my school library as a kid but I somehow never read it. 🤔

JoScho Score! 💕 6y
DebinHawaii Great score! I read this a few times in grade school and saw the 1978 television movie with Kristy McNichol! Damn, I'm old (and apparently watched FAR too many TV movies!!!) 🤣🤣🤣 6y
Mdargusch Perfect! 👍🏼 6y
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emilyhaldi Lovely cover too!!!! 👌🏻 6y
ValerieAndBooks Wow!! And I read this one way back when, with that cover! 6y
ValerieAndBooks Although I had the paperback version. 6y
Reggie I actually read this in junior high over 20 years ago. 6y
DeborahSmall I take it you‘re home! I can get your parcel posted next week ❤️ 6y
LeahBergen @DebinHawaii I should have known that there was TV movie (and that Kristy McNichol was in it 😂😂😂)! And hey, those bad TV movies are all we pretty much had to look forward to as young teens back then. 😂😂 6y
LeahBergen @ValerieAndBooks I just knew it would be familiar to a certain group of us. 😆 6y
LeahBergen @Reggie I don‘t know how I didn‘t as my school library wasn‘t really that big. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
LeahBergen @DeborahSmall I made sure I made it home in time for our big book sales. Priorities! 😆😆 6y
DeborahSmall Of course! Hope you had a wonderful trip! Missed you 😘 6y
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Jas16
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I read this book for the first time in middle school and it definitely tore up my heart in the best ways. Have never been able to read it without crying.
#tearinupmyheart #90sinjuly

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KirstieE
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Wow, this book was so good ! It isn't at all what I expected it to be. It covered dark themes such as abuse, racism and neglect and the issues of such a complex friendship between a Jewish girl and a Nazi soldier during WWII. Really glad I discovered this book on good reads !

Oryx I remember reading this in school, I remember it being really good. 7y
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Beth_and_Willow
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Reading this. Much deeper than it looks. #WWII #Racism #Abuse #ChildAbuse #Religion

BookBabe I read this as a kid...loved it! 8y
kdwinchester LOVE puffin books! 7y
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Jensol77
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Book that made me love reading and WWII historical fiction and memoirs.

Jhullie I adored this book as a child ❤️ 8y
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TeaRainBook
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1/5 stars. WTF did I just read? Horrible story. Going on to the list of books for my kids to avoid.

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TeaRainBook
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Picked this up from the library today. A book to fill in a summer reading bingo card for YA/MG square.

cewilf I remember reading this in middle school and loving it! 8y
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