Soldier's Heart Assignment

In Gary Paulsen's book Soldier's heart we meet Charley Goddard.He is 15 years old. He was a farmer in Minnesota before he went into the war.In the war people were being killed.Some died in the stream that Charley had drunk from.I am 13 years old. I live in Arkansas. I work on a pig farm. I help feed and water the pigs.Charley thought that the war war gonna be fun.He thought it was hard and risky. In the middle of war Charley was sure he was going to die.After he saw Nelson shot he could see himself. He cried because he loaded the gun so Nelson could shoot himself.War is a challenge for Charley.You have to be a cold killer. Charley knew he would die at any time.That was not a very good feeling.War is not easy you have to be mean and tough.It

“Dog Tags: Divided We Fall” by C. Alexander London is about a boy who’s brother is lost in the Civil War. Andrew is the boy who lost his brother in the war. His brother went to the war even though he was under age. He was lost in action and can’t be found. Andrew’s brother Julius was sending letters then stopped. Andrew was upset and wanted to go find him but his parent wouldn’t let him. So then Andrew did the unthinkable, he snuck off and went looking for his brother. He found a dead man and took his uniform. Andrew was looking for Julius for a while when he thought to look at Mary’s, his brother’s love’s, house . He found Julius there and they had to take the long journey home. When they got home they had a big meal and got through the war

The book I read is Dog Tags and the book takes place in WW2, it`s about a boy who lies about his age so he can get into the military. His squadron is attacked and his position is overrun by the Nazis and a tree fell over and knocked him out and when he wakes up he is alone. I would recommend this book for readers that like war history books. The book enables you to appreciate the character’s thoughts and feelings. The reader can empathize with the characters.

To begin with, you have to move on and be mature, or you will never be able to change

Soldier Boys is a novel by Dean Hughes. The story takes place during World War II and tells the story of two teenagers, one American (Spencer Morgan), the other German (Dieter Hendrick), who join their respective armies and fight at the Battle of the Bulge to show their parents that they can do it. Both the boy's families are saddened by their leaving, and have many things in common. Both have a playful little brother and some sisters, as well as concerned parents. When Spencer helps an enemy back to his battalion he dies but Dieter will never forget how he tried to save him.

Children on the battlefield by Marcie Schwartz is about how young boys were in the Civil War, the jobs they had and the struggles they went through. Boys under the age of 18 have served in the military for generations, including the Civil War. Recruiters had to enlist a certain number of soldiers, boys would either get help from their parents, a religious leader or teacher, or run away and sign up under a false name. Boys roles in the army were musicians, powder monkey, or fighter. Boys went through struggles, like homesickness, uniforms not fitting, being bullied, keeping pace with the parade, adult vices, and war.

In the story Forge, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, the main character is Curzon Smith. The main setting took place at Valley Forge. The book Forge is a continuation of the bestselling award-winning novel Chains. The beginning picks up where it left off, Curzon and Isabel had escaped there slave life. There journey was to begin a new life but, after an argument that Curzon and Isabel had in May, she ran away taking all the money and her belongings leaving Curzon to himself. This made matters worse for him, no food, no shelter, most importantly no money, how was he going to survive? After weeks he had an encounter with a former soldier named Ebenezer Woodruff, who then made Curzon come to his senses and enlist into the war to fight against the british. It was a winning situation for Curzon since being a soldier gave him the opportunity to receive a change of clothes, shelter, and more importantly food. Soon time went by and months had past of Curzon still enlisted as a soldier he encountered a former “friend” Mister Bellingham. Curzon was not pleased to have seen him again, since there past is there conflict to the present. Many things escalated and Curzon was now working for Mister Bellingham and so was Isabel as a maid. Since he was now reconciled with Isabel they worked on an escape plan. Weeks working they eventually escaped and we're now to begin their new journey in which continues in the final book of the series.

“Children in the Battlefield” Marcy Schwartz described about the boys that have served in the military for generations, including the Civil War.The boys would have to lie about there age to get enlisted. School teachers would use their influence to get there students enlisted. Parents would help get boys enlisted if they could not get in theirselves. They would run away from home to get enlisted in another town, and then they would change there name so they could not be found. If the boys were drummers they would be assigned to many different jobs they must do. The powder monkeys brought the bag and buckets of powder to the men. Homesickness was a big deal during the war for young children. For the young children it was hard to find uniforms

Charley Goddard who is 15 cannot wait to participate in the Civil War! He is so pumped up that he lies about his age so that he can join the military. Firstly, Charley is bored at being in the military. But, just when he starts to think about leaving to go back to his home with his family, the gets a call for deployment. Soonly after, Charley goes at his first battle, The Battle of Bull Run. At The Battle of Bull Run, Charley finds a buddy killed by an opponent, and watches many other humans die. After fighting this battle, Charley has found that he does not care for war.. In the second battle, he is stunned to find him acting like a bear killing and shooting others. He's even more stunned to find someone crying when another stranger opponent

Camp Cardiac offers a variety of skills and experiences which will expose me to numerous career choices in the field of medicine and the diligence of surgeons and other doctors. I am interested in going into surgery, specifically cardiothoracic surgery and I believe this camp will give me the experience I need to understand what I will be getting myself into and getting an idea of what I will be doing in the future. I am open to other careers in the medical field to such as a physician and and nurse practitioner so what is nice about this program is that it will expose me to other careers as well. I am also interested in talking to the medical students about how they got into medical school and what it takes to reach their level.

Gene, the main character in the book, struggles with growing up because he knows that once he leaves his senior year, he will be drafted into the war. “He ought to have been in the class ahead, he ought to have been a senior now, if you see what I mean, so that he would have been graduated and been all set to be drafted” (Knowles 8). Gene didn't want to believe that the war was real and it was some sort of conspiracy theory to get people into the military. Overtime, Gene

This book is about a girl and her family during the Revolutionary War and the hardships for the American soldiers. Abigail is an 11 year old girl who is writing a journal about the Revolutionary War and the soldiers. She has a family of two sisters, mother, father, and a baby brother. Abigail is writing her journal about the soldiers how they are trying to survive the winter. The soldiers are stealing things from the citizens of the town. They are stealing fence post, hay,and wood. Some of the soldiers were sleeping in the Stewart's barn and they killed some of their chickens. When the soldiers left they left a mess of dead animals and lots of wood spread everywhere. That winter was a hard time for the citizens and the soldiers because the

On your #MSWL, you called for middle grade novels with emotional resonance and diverse cultures. In SAM POWERS #RATGUTS, 11 year-old Sam desperately wants to be like his father, a military pilot. Sam learns to empathize with a teammate, see the good in a particularly bossy classmate, and when to ask for help. He brings the culture of the military to his new school friends, who in turn introduce Sam to the world of the contemporary South.

This story is about a young man’s childhood along with his role in the military, his name is Robert Graves. He started his childhood off with reading countless books and entering preparatory schools. He had gone to several preparatory schools before attending the Charterhouse. After talking about his life in school, he enlisted in the military. After registering, he had entered into the Third Battalion as an officer or lieutenant. The part of this book that I was interested in was definitely was when he served in the First World War as a young officer. Though, even further in depth, I had thought that the scenes that Graves described being in the trenches and coming up on dead bodies was an interesting part.

A: Honestly, participating in the war was one of the hardest decisions of my life! I