Awards

• Short-listed for National Book Award.
• Winner of ALA Notable Book.
• Winner of Golden Kite Award for Fiction 1973
• Winner of New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year.

Overview

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. ""An exceptionally fine novel."" —The New York Times ""Courageous and compelling!""  —Publishers Weekly A National Book Award Finalist An ALA Notable Book A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year 

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9780142406519

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Like Beth Lambert, Bette Greene grew up in a small town in Arkansas. Her first novel, Summer of My German Soldier, won unanimous critical acclaim and became an immediate best-seller. Bette Greene lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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