Bannedġ990 - Connecticut - Challeged in curriculum at Burlington and Hawinton schools for profanity and "subject matter that set bad examples and gives students negative views of life."ġ996 - New Jersey - Temporarily removed from 8th grade supplemental reading list in Cinnaminson for "offiensive racial stereotypes."Ģ002 - Challenged for racism, offensive language, and being sexually explicit. Reach out at or call The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-80) or at your local school, shelter, or safe place. You are not alone and please know that someone loves you and wants you to be okay. If you or anyone you know is a victim of domestic abuse, please do not be afraid to reach out. Bette Greene lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.We begin with the book that taught us that Germans are people, too! Young Patty learns about the world in her small town. Her first novel, Summer of My German Soldier, won unanimous critical acclaim and became an immediate best-seller. 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 About the Author Like Beth Lambert, Bette Greene grew up in a small town in Arkansas. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends - even her freedom - for this dangerous friendship. In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own fathers rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will.
Even though shes 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.
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. The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. Book Synopsis An emotional, thought-provoking book from multi-award-winning author Bette Greene. A 1973 National Book Award Finalist and an ALA Notable Book. About the Book When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, 12-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of POWs and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.
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