Summer of My German Soldier | Overview

Summer of My German Soldier deals with an important period in American history, the armed conflict between Germany and America in World War II. Prisoner-of-war camps were established in many American towns to incarcerate captured German soldiers. Summer of My German Soldier describes how the citizens of an imaginary town react to the prisoner-of-war camps located in their community.

Patty Bergen, the twelve-year-old central character, finds growing up painful. Tension within her family compounds her anxiety and her low self-esteem. Abused and all but rejected by...

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