Review: Summer of My German Soldier
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2013
Patricia Bergen, also known as Patty, is a young girl who lives in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War II. During the summer German prisoners are put in an internment camp in her town and a lot of the people in town are awaiting their arrival. One day the prisoners go to Patty's parents store to purchase some hats and Patty meets Anton Reiker. Soon she starts to develop feelings for him. Unfortunately their relationship has to be kept a secret because Patty is Jewish (her family is the only Jewish family in their town) and Anton is German. After he escapes the camp Patty helps keep him hidden but their happiness does not last long. I would recommend this book to anyone but there are some parts that were harsh. For me this book was quick to read but there quite a few words that I did not know the meaning of. This book is about how life was back at the time but mainly about the friendship that forms between two people who shouldn't be around each other because of their religion and ethnicity. It shows how people at the time were racist towards others who were different. At the end it was rather emotional because of a tragic event. Overall I really enjoyed this book and now I want to read the sequel.