Soldier Mom

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Summary: A great book for all military families
Review: I thought this was an honest and unsparing book. Jasmyn's single mom is called up from the army reserves at two days' notice to go and fight in the Persian Gulf, and Jasmyn is left to cope as best she can for an 11 year-old, in the care of her mother's boyfriend Jake, father of her 10 month-old baby brother. Jake does his best, but he isn't Mom, and Jasmyn has to take on family responsibilities that threaten her cherished position as captain of the school basketball team. Like her Mom, she has to balance one set of responsibilities against another and deal with all the emotions they arouse. She feels alternately angry at her mom for leaving them, and guilty for her anger because she loves her mom. Finally, she begins to appreciate how her mom might be feeling about having to go.

I liked the honesty of this book, and the way the author makes it clear that soldiers must do their duty - but how that duty affects their loved ones left behind. This book is worth reading for itself, and for the central theme of grappling with responsibilities, but I think it might be particularly good for families with a parent absent on military service.

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Summary: Timely Sensitive Book
Review: My grandaughter is 10 years old. She has been watching the news and hearing stories about parents going away to war leaving their families behind. It has concerned her greatly. One day we were at the book store and happened upon Soldier Mom. We decided to read it together. Soldier Mom gave her the insight as to what happens to those left behind. The story shows how brave the children are while their parents are away. Alice Mead show the effects of the war on our children here at home. The story is very timely, here we are again fighting the same basic war as 10 years ago. I highly recomend this book for families to read together.

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Review: When I read this book I was 11. I would not say it the grest book in the world. But I think kids who have parents in the navy or army or something like that would proble injoy this book. It was ok book. It is about this girl and her mom is going out to fight in the war. And her mom's boyfriend that she dis likes is take care of her and her baby borther and her mom's boyfriend don't know much about kids. And she mad at her mom for leave her with him. And she regreats she not nicer to her mom when she leaft.