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To Dieter his father seems weak and he is ashamed. Although he's reluctant, Dieter jumps into the cold water of the pond, not once but twice. He believes that given the chance, he will go to war and make his family proud. The story jumps ahead to December, Fifteen-year-old Spencer Morgan is a Mormon living in just outside Brigham City, Utah with his mother, father, his nineteen-year-old brother Robert and his sister Louise, and his eleven-year old brother, Lloyd.
His family runs an orchard, growing peaches, cherries and apricots. Robert is determined to sign up to go fight the Japanese. Meanwhile, Spencer who is crushing on LuAnn Crowther, tries to impress her by stating that when his time comes, he too will sign up. The narrative jumps ahead two years to November, Spence who is sixteen, is flunking high school and he's determined to enlist.
But his father is not happy, telling Spence that he is not mature enough and that he suspects Spence wants to prove something to LuAnn. Although she and Spence did date a bit, they parted ways and LuAnn has been dating Dennis Stevens and it is rumoured they plan to marry when she graduates high school. In the end, Spence's father signs his papers. Spence promises his dad he will turn to God for support and that he won't take extra chances. When Spence meets LuAnn he tells her he plans to join the paratroopers. Later on his older sister Louise confronts him, stating that he's only joining "to show-up LuAnn" which Spence vehemently denies.
Spence passes the intelligence test and is sent to Georgia for basic training and jump school for the Airborne to become a paratrooper. There he meets Ted Draney from Colorado and the two become fast friends, talking each other out of dropping out of paratrooper school. They spend the next thirteen weeks preparing for their first jump and eventually make it through paratrooper school.
Hitler undertook a surprise attack across the Belgian and Luxembourg borders, penetrating deep into the Ardennes Forest. This bulge in the American defense lines has become known as the Battle of the Bulge. The day after Christmas Spence's battalion gets dropped off closer to the front. He's about to get his first taste of war. With the Allies pushing out of Normandy and across France, this is Germany's attempt to stop them from invading Germany.
Dieter is now a Scharfuhrer, having distinguished himself during weapons training camp. He was part of an antiaircraft battery in Augsburg. Dieter soon sees death when one of his crew is killed by aircraft fire, and a deserter is tied up and shot. To reward his efforts, Dieter along with many other young boys is taken to a train car where he meets Albert Speer, Minister of Armaments and Hitler himself, who awards the boys the War Service Cross, First Class. Filled with Nazi fervor, Dieter becomes determined to enlist, hounding Lieutenant Feiertag. He gets what he wants and is shipped out to the front, a member "in a company of soldiers in the Forty-seventh Panzer Corps, part of the Fifteenth Army.
Discussion Soldier Boys is a tragic story that demonstrates how the idealization of war and military propaganda draws young people in, where they are eventually confronted with its horrific reality. The book follows the paths of two young men from two countries at war - Germany and America as they become soldiers. Both boys are under-aged and immature, enlisting for the wrong reasons.
One is heavily propagandized and brainwashed and patriotic to a fault, the other naive and hoping to prove his worth on the battlefield.
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Dieter enlists out of patriotic emotions that are the result of indoctrination by the Nazis. He believes Germany has the high ground in the war and is simply protecting itself from America, Russia and Poland. When he is ten years old Dieter listens to "Hitler's fine speech to his people" and he believes that Poland had provoked Germany into attacking. Dieter views Hitler as someone "standing up for the Fatherland, making it a great nation again. Instead his father spoke about the the trenches, the mud, the food and being one of the lucky ones to survive.
Dieter believes his father may have been a coward, given that he shows no evidence of having done anything great. Eventually over the next few years Dieter works tirelessly in the Hitler Youth and gets himself sent to the front in By this time the tide of war has turned against Germany, morale is low, and the Wehrmacht that Dieter loves is armed with the very old and the very young. Dieter's " idea of an honorable death had always been glorious and clean. The truth about the war is revealed though by Schaefer who tells him: We attacked London early on in the beginning.
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To ask other readers questions about Soldier Boys , please sign up. Is this book appropriate for a 10 year old who reads on an upper middle school reading level? He loves books about history. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Marshall Wagner Jennifer I remember reading a lot of war books in school. I think that while it may be traumatic to read some books maybe this one to a younger child …more Jennifer I remember reading a lot of war books in school.
I think that while it may be traumatic to read some books maybe this one to a younger child wouldn't be. Learning about war and combat from text is a more ideal way than say the news, movies, or first hand. This is your judgement call. I get goosebumps reading summaries of this book and I think it was impactful as a book to me. See 1 question about Soldier Boys…. Lists with This Book. Nov 27, Jamey rated it it was amazing. Today I was planning on reading only a chapter, but I ended up finishing it instead. The ending was so amazing and shocking that it actually made me cry! It makes one wonder if there are more books similar to this, either fiction or nonfiction.
Stories like this showcase our history, and people should read about it. I highly recommend this book! View all 3 comments. Nov 15, Hunter Kimball rated it it was amazing.
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This was a really good book. It was annoying I couldn't read ahead because it was the in class reading. I definately say anyone that likes world war 2 book that this is a good book showing the sides of the germans and the american through 2 different people. View all 5 comments. Jan 22, John Carron rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book was great! They both join their armies because they want the chance to prove themselves on the battlefield. They both think that the war will end to soon and they wont get their chance.
But what they don't realize is what happens on the battlefield. Jan 22, Keann rated it really liked it. This was a pretty good book. I liked how it was about two soldiers and their time in war. I also liked how they were on different sides of the war so it talked in different perspectives. Another thing I like was how they were both fighting each other or they were against each other, but still helped each other out.
I liked this book because it shows bravery, kindness, sadness, happiness, and so much more. I thing if you like war you would like this book. This is what I thought about Soldier boys This was a pretty good book. This is what I thought about Soldier boys. Nov 29, Ally C rated it it was ok. First go all it is such a bad book in my opinion , the book would be good for people that like historical fiction not me. Overall the book is confusing if you are like me you didn't understand that the 2 main characters were on the opposite side.
It was really daunting to read because of the german word that are in it.
I would have never picked this book up and i suggested if you don't like historical don't choose this book. There are other book s and I don't think i am going to read them. Nov 10, Ethan rated it it was amazing. This book is about 2 people, named Spencer, and Dieter.
Spencer wants to go in the war but his dad doesn't want him to yet. Dieter is already preparing for the war. This book is one of the best historical fiction books i've ever read. I would recommend this book to almost anyone. Sep 11, Danny Gerdes rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.
To view it, click here. I really enjoyed this book. It is definitely one of the saddest books I have ever read. I like how the author wrote the book so you would know that Spencer and Dieter would eventually meet but you didn't know how they would meet. I like how she had them meet but did not tell you so you had to make an inference that the German soldier Spencer was helping was Dieter. I did not expect them to meet like that and I definitely did not expect Spencer to sacrifice himself for Dieter.
Like other reviewer I really enjoyed this book. Like other reviewers on goodreads said it was the most heartbreaking part of any book I have ever read. This book shows the story of two young men on different sides of WWII. This book was written so well and had so much suspense that I wanted to keep reading and could not put it down.
It was hard to read after Spencer was killed and it was even sadder when you read about Dieter's side of the story. He knew Spencer was trying to help him but he could not say anything. Overall I loved this book but it was so sad. Aug 19, Susannah rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: This book had a really profound effect on me. Spencer demonstrated what it means to be a true Christian.
The fact that a 16 year old boy is willing to show such humanity towards his "enemy" is very touching. I cried when I read the last page. Spencer started out as an innocent young boy who wanted to become an illustrious and famous soldier to impress a girl. He died as a much more remarkable hero - the type that doesn't win every honor that the army has to offer, the type that doesn't get remem This book had a really profound effect on me. He died as a much more remarkable hero - the type that doesn't win every honor that the army has to offer, the type that doesn't get remembered in history books.
He died showing humanity to his fellow man.
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That is what true bravery is. All in all, an excellent book. Oct 18, Riley Schopf rated it it was amazing. This is my favorite book this whole year! The whole book was centered around to teenagers that join the army during World War 2. Dieter is one of the boys, and he is a German. And Spence is the other boy and he is American. The conflict is the trails they face and how meet while fighting. What happens when they meet, it's so unpredictable.
Dieter is injured, and crying for help, on the bottom of a hill. The Americans hear him, but because he's German, they order their men to leave Dieter to die. But Spence disobeys orders. He goes down the hill. Finds a dead medic and takes his supplies, and goes to the crying Dieter laying on the ground. And he saves his life. But more Germans show up. I don't want to spoil it , but know that it was so sad, and depressing, but so heartwarming, I almost cried.
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It's just amazing how the author can just use both characters so cohesively to tell the brilliant story. Apr 18, Joanna rated it it was amazing Shelves: I don't think I've ever read a more heartbreaking story in my life. This book was absolutely beautiful, following the tale of two young boys one 15 and German, and the other 16 and American who are on opposite sides during WWII.
I enjoyed every minute of this amazing novel and Dean Hughs truly captures the essence of war and its effect on people. It was I don't think I've ever read a more heartbreaking story in my life. It was just so bittersweet and touching. Nov 29, Cody rated it liked it. It was a good book but hard to understand the peoples different stories until you get farther in the book, but over all it wasn't a bad book. Nov 18, Nick Luce added it. The beginning was a little slow but once i got into the middle of the book it got really good really fast. The end of the book was a plot twist.
Nov 17, Stephen rated it really liked it Recommends it for: When one reads a war book, it's always nice if the book is in first person. It gives the reader a hope that the narrator will survive the horrible events that you know will unfold. Unfortunately this book is in third person.
Actually, it's two third person stories interwoven. One, that of Dieter, a young German boy swept up into the Hitler Youth, and the other of Spencer, a young Mormon boy, who quits high school in order to enlist in the paratroopers. Both boys come to see behind the glamour of When one reads a war book, it's always nice if the book is in first person. Both boys come to see behind the glamour of war to the dirty, awful, soul killing business that it really is.
Novels like this are necessary. Particularly those that might be read by impressionable young men, giving them a glimpse into just what being a soldier might mean. Perhaps Spenser's christian act of heroism toward the end of the book will be seen, appreciated and possibly even emulated by those most in need of the example. This novel is a fast read and for the most part an easy one.
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And yet, it's worth the time. I would highly recommend it. Nov 25, Mrs. Morgan rated it really liked it. The beginning of this book made me nervous as it started out quite slow.
However, after about 40 or 50 pages, I started to notice my interest level changing and my desire to put the book down became less and less. This is such a great dual-perspective story about a boy named Spence and a boy named Dieter. As the story progresses, you come to care greatly for both of the characters, even when you want to shake some sense into Dieter.
Dean Hughes did an incredible job weaving a tale that ultimatel The beginning of this book made me nervous as it started out quite slow. Dean Hughes did an incredible job weaving a tale that ultimately leaves you sad and heart-wrenched but with just the right amount of distress. It is not hard to imagine that tales like this happened over and over again in WWII and that gives this text a feeling of authenticity.