Post by Charlynn on Jul 12, 2011 12:32:32 GMT -5
The Summer of My German Soldier
~ by: Bette Greene
In The Summer of My German Soldier, it took a twelve year old Jewish girl and her black nanny to recognize the fact that a person cannot be defined by a label. The book takes place during 1941 in segregated Arkansas where anti-semitism feelings, though not as overt, were still lurking underneath all the nice-as-pie Southern pleasantries, and Patty and Ruth were the only people capable of seeing Anton, an escaped Nazi prisoner of war whom they helped, as not the face of their enemy but as the kind, intelligent man that he was. Their outsider status bonded them together – a theme readers can relate to, and it was their compassion, goodness, and faith in one another which made them friends. What's more, the book does not whitewash the issues; rather, it is sometimes harsh in its honesty. That is the beauty of this novel: emotional and social truth.
5 out of 5 Stars
~ by: Bette Greene
In The Summer of My German Soldier, it took a twelve year old Jewish girl and her black nanny to recognize the fact that a person cannot be defined by a label. The book takes place during 1941 in segregated Arkansas where anti-semitism feelings, though not as overt, were still lurking underneath all the nice-as-pie Southern pleasantries, and Patty and Ruth were the only people capable of seeing Anton, an escaped Nazi prisoner of war whom they helped, as not the face of their enemy but as the kind, intelligent man that he was. Their outsider status bonded them together – a theme readers can relate to, and it was their compassion, goodness, and faith in one another which made them friends. What's more, the book does not whitewash the issues; rather, it is sometimes harsh in its honesty. That is the beauty of this novel: emotional and social truth.
5 out of 5 Stars