Summer of My German Soldier was a very interesting book. It had a lot of facts about what happened after the time of the Holocaust and what it was al about back then. There were a few main characters in this book. Patty was the main character and she was involved in the book a lot. Her younger sister was very stuck up and always got all the attention from their parents and their parent's friends. Patty's mom works with patty's dad at a local store. They own the

The second book was Lily's Crossing. There were five main characters in this book, Lily who is very adventurous and is always looking for mischief, Margaret who is Lily's best friend in the whole world, Albert the boy that Lily met when her best friend was away and when her dad when to war, her grandmother, and her dad. This story takes place during world war two. Lily's dad goes off to war and she is left with her grandmother who is very strict and not like her father at all. She doesn't like living with her grandmother but she tries to make the best of it since she may permanently live with her grandmother if her father dies in the war. Lily's best friend Margaret moved away which made Lily very upset. Margaret was lily's best friend and they did everything together. While Margaret is gone and while lily's dad is away lily makes friends with a young boy named Albert. Albert is very shy but lily and him get along very well. They also have a lot of things in common since Albert's sister is in France for the summer. Lily and Albert went through a lot of good times and many hardships. Lily's dad came back from the war and Albert's sister came back from France and by the end of the summer they named it as one of the best summers they ever had. The determination factor wasn't as bold in this book as it was in the others but there was still a lot there that just wasn't uncovered. Lily was determined to make friends even though her bes

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