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  • By: Bette Greene
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  • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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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. As their gentle friendship blossoms, Patty experiences a kind of love she never felt from her abusive father or her distant mother.

Soon Patty must weigh the cost of harboring a Nazi prisoner - the possibility of losing family, friends, and even her freedom - against the beauty of this dangerous but unforgettable friendship.

Based on the author’s own painful experiences growing up in Arkansas during World War II, this poignant novel is an ALA Notable Book, a National Book Award finalist, one of the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year, and the winner of the Golden Kite Award.
©1973 Bette Greene (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC
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Powerful, maybe not a child's book

I read this when I was in my teens. Years later I came to it again and the depictions of various types of child abuse disturbed me more. it's unusual and vividly written, with all the characters instantly visible to me. The narration is perfect: I wasn't aware of it but the various voices are again just how I imagine the characters to sound. To me, it's profoundly disturbing: surely a classic of American fiction for young people, and for Audible..

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