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Front Lines by Michael Grant

I was enthralled by the premise of this book as soon as I heard about it at  the Bureau of Education & Research’s What’s New in Young Adult Literature conference.  I have always had a fascination with the 1920-1960 time period and especially the World War II years.  This book takes an alternate look at history with women being drafted for life on the Front Lines. It felt authentic and harsh but the retelling of history was an amazing look into what life might have been. It is definitely a young adult book. It is not highly censored and is definitely a realistic look into military life (boot camp, barrack life, and war) where the two sexes have to figure out how to live and work as a team. I loved every minute of this book and look forward to reading the rest of the coming series. As always, the publishers blurb is below.

 

World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The unproven American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled, the armed forces of Nazi Germany.

Three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering: Rio fights to honor her sister; Frangie needs money for her family; Rainy wants to kill Germans. For the first time they leave behind their homes and families—to go to war.

These three daring young women will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the human race. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, they will discover the roles that define them on the front lines. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known.

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