Love you, Solider [Mass Market Paperback]

Amy Hest (Author), Donna Diamond (Illustrator), Rebecca Laughlin (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1993

Katie didn't know what it really meant to be part of a family . . . until her father went away. "A small jewel of a story about the changes war brings in one family. . . . Deceptively simple, beautifully written, this is a wonderfully cozy and comforting story."--Booklist.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

"The war came and my father left in a uniform," begins this brief but affecting first-person narrative of the many changes wrought within a girl's family during WW II. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5-- "Love is risky . . . but it's worth it." Katy learns the truth behind her elderly neighbor's words as she matures from age seven to ten during World War II. She and her mother are lonely in their small New York City apartment after her father leaves to join the fighting. They cherish his letters, reading them aloud and silently, over and over. Louise, her mother's pregnant childhood friend, moves in with them until her husband returns from the war. Katy helps get her to the hospital to have her baby and helps out with Rosie for the next year until the family goes home. Her own family is not restored, however. The dreaded telegram comes when she is nine years old. The sense of loss and grief are poignantly felt, but life goes on. At the close of the story, Katy's mother has agreed to marry Louise's brother and they are on their way to Texas to begin a new life on his ranch. A good companion book to Deborah Kogan Ray's My Daddy Was a Soldier: A World War II Story (Holiday, 1990), Hest's book offers another viewpoint of the hardships of World War II in the United States. --Phyllis K. Kennemer, Jefferson County School District, Lakewood, CO
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 47 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (March 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 014036174X
• ISBN-13: 978-0140361742
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,703,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Amy Hest's many acclaimed children's books include the New York Times bestseller Kiss Good Night. A three-time winner of the prestigious Christopher Award, she lives in New York City.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all ages and all people!, September 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Love you, Solider (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is written with such emotion that the reader feels as if they are reading a novel. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to read a heart grabber. Also it's a perfect book to read to younger children. This book grabs the reader from the beginning. As the story develops, the reader feels as if they are there and a part of the family. I thought that the book was as refeshing in the sense that it gives a great story with an excellent ending. I loved this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Love You Soldier, May 19, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Love you, Solider (Mass Market Paperback)

This story is about a little girl name Katie and her dad going to war. She is 7 years old. The setting is in New York City during WW2.

The author's purpose is to entertain because Katie really cares about her dad a lot. It is a sad story because her dad goes away from her.

My opinion is that the story was sad because her dad goes to war and he doesn't come home. Another reason I like it is because whenever I read it I cannot stop reading it. I recommend this book a lot.

4.0 out of 5 stars Read this book!!!!!!!!!, February 9, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Love you, Solider (Mass Market Paperback)

This books title is Love You, Soldier and the author is Amy Hest. The main characters are Katie, her Father, her Mother, her Mothers friend Louise and Sam. The story starts out in New York City. Katie lives with her family until her Father goes to fight in World War II. While her Father is in war Katie is learning more and more of what it means to be part of a family.

Katie is worried about her father. He has been away for a long time. The question is: Will the war take Katies father away forever?

I recommend this book to the people who like happiness and sadness in the same story. I give this book four and a half stars because it was a good book but some parts were a little boring.