Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Love you, Soldier by Amy Hest

When Katie is seven years old, her father leaves, to fight in a war far far away. No one knows when or if he comes home. Life goes on, and Katie draws pictures to send to her father and makes friends with the neighbor Mrs. Leitstein downstairs. On a snowy day, she helps her mothers friend Louise get to the hospital to have her baby. And then the baby Rosie becomes a part of her life. O one summer day, a telegram man brings an envelope with stars on it to her mother, and life is never the same after that. In this book, Amy tells a deeply moving story about the changes war can bring to one family.
-Beftu