description: With her Jewish identity, expansive vocabulary and tomboy spirit, twelve-year-old Patty Bergen is a social outcast in the small-minded community of Jenkinsville, Arkansas. Her one saving grace is Ruth, the kindhearted housekeeper who shields her from an emotionally distant, physically abusive father and a self-absorbed, hypercritical mother. Then she meets Anton -- warm, educated, polished, handsome -- and an escaped German prisoner of war. In accepting his friendship, Patty rejects a society built on prejudice, labels and appearances rather than personal integrity, and undertakes a risk that will change the course of her life.
language: English
title: Summer of my German Soldier
titlecomplete: Summer of my German Soldier
characters: Anton Reiker, Ruth Hughes, Patty Bergen
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Young Adult, Romance, Banned Books, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 16969
places: Arkansas
series: Summer of My German Soldier
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: SCBWI Golden Kite Award, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books
publisher: LRS (Library Reproduction Service)