FREE ESSAY ON SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER

SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER

The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. 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. Even though she's 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.
In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who
appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty
risks losing family, friends -- even her freedom -- for this dangerous friendship. It is
a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep.