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Summer of My German Soldier was an ALA Notable Book, a New York Times Outstanding Book, and a National Book Award Finalist. Greene's work was described as "courageous and compelling" by Publishers Weekly. [2] It is also one of the most banned or challenged books of 2000-2009 according to the American Library Association, coming in at number 55.
Bette Jean Greene (née Evensky; June 28, 1934 – October 2, 2020) was the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe.
Summer of My German Soldier is a 1978 American television film based on the 1973 novel of the same name written by Bette Greene. Set during World War II , it stars Kristy McNichol as a Jewish -American girl and Bruce Davison as the German prisoner of war whom she befriends.
Jane-Howard Hammerstein (December 16, 1934 – January 15, 2022) was an American screenwriter best known as the writer of the film Summer of My German Soldier (1978), which earned a Humanitas Prize and was nominated for an Emmy Award. She also wrote the screenplay for Long Road Home (1991).
Esther Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida to Bahamian immigrants Jonathan Rolle (1883–1953), a farmer, and Elizabeth Iris Rolle (née Dames; 1887–1947). Her parents were both born and raised in Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas and moved to Florida some time after their marriage.
In the summer of 2009, the Black Eyed Peas dominated the music charts with their album “The E.N.D.” and went all the way to No. 1 with “I Gotta Feeling,” knocking out their other song ...
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Myers was born in Birmingham, England; as a teenager he went to King Edward's School in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham. [4] He married choreographer Eleanor Fazan.. Myers wrote incidental music for television: for example, The Reign of Terror, a 1964 serial in the television series Doctor Who; the theme to All Gas and Gaiters; and the theme for the BBC's Question Time.