To whom would you recommend this book? Readers who would like a broader history of World War I as experienced from five different, but intersecting, perspectives would definitely like this book. La librairie Gallimard vous renseigne sur Lines of Courage de lauteur Nielsen Jennifer A. Following their stories from five different perspectives provides a much broader view of the war as it affects different people from different countries.Īnything you did not like about the book? No. Each character is well-developed and believable. Their stories begin to intertwine with one another, as each deal with the life they are given during the war. Dmitri is Russian, recruited from his home to be a soldier, though only fourteen, and not given a helmet or a gun. Elsa, who raises homing pigeons, is the daughter of a German Major. Juliette becomes separated from them and now must survive on her own while trying to find them. Her father is imprisoned when the Germans take over their town, forcing her to escape with her mother and two younger brothers. When her mother, a nurse, joins the Red Cross ministering to wounded soldiers in France, Kara goes with her hoping she, too, will earn the honor of being a nurse and wearing a Red Cross pin. His father is away fighting while he and his mother face being deported from their home in Lemberg. Kara began feeling around for fallen branches. Kara is his only chance to return to the train alive. However, an explosion near them has now injured Corporal Bryant. Kara and a superior officer on board the ambulance trains, Corporal Bryant, have been in the field to rescue injured soldiers. What did you like about the book? Five teens from five different countries are forced to endure different realities during World War 1. Here is an excerpt from LINES OF COURAGE.

Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Lines of Courage by Jennifer Nielsen, Scholastic, 2022.

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