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This story was pretty expert, but there really wasn't much Christmas in information technology until the end which sort of bewitched me since its title has Christmas in it. Anyway, for someone who doesn't know much most the first Globe War, this might be a practiced story to get them interested, but I constitute it simply pretty proficient. Perhaps that was the fact that I'd done extensive reading and research on that war and this book just didn't give me the feeling of the state of war. Perhaps it was because this story is written in a diary fo This story was pretty good, but at that place really wasn't much Christmas in it until the end which sort of bugged me since its title has Christmas in it. Anyway, for someone who doesn't know much about the outset World War, this might be a skilful story to get them interested, but I found it just pretty good. Maybe that was the fact that I'd done all-encompassing reading and research on that war and this book but didn't requite me the feeling of the war. Perchance it was considering this story is written in a diary form which only allows for so much data.
There actually is no mention of the real meaning of Christmas. There is one mention of Simone hoping an angel ornamentation will protect her brother and friend in the fighting. ...more

This was such a sweet and endearing read! I really continued with the principal grapheme Simone and loved how the catastrophe turned out for her and her family. It was fun learning about growing upwards during WW I also. Highly recommend!

Sep 29, 2008 Jorge rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: people who like diaries and journals

this book is about the life of Simone Spencer during Earth War 1. in the story Simone leads an boilerplate life every bit a educatee, who sometimes helps the YMCA. just a few days after her graduation, her blood brother is leaving to go to war. during the year that her brother, Will, is gone life seems awfully boring for Simone, until she comes up with a vivid idea. when she is 17, Simone asks her parents if she tin can help in the war by working on the phone lines near the battlefront.
her parents give her per this volume is almost the life of Simone Spencer during World State of war 1. in the story Simone leads an boilerplate life equally a student, who sometimes helps the YMCA. just a few days after her graduation, her blood brother is leaving to go to state of war. during the year that her brother, Will, is gone life seems awfully boring for Simone, until she comes up with a vivid idea. when she is 17, Simone asks her parents if she can help in the state of war by working on the phone lines almost the battlefront.
her parents give her permission and she is shipped to Paris in a few days. Simone spends time exploring Paris and with other girls. she presently becomes friends with a girl named Alice, who's by Simone'south side a lot of the time. they(forth with some other girls work on the telephone lines many hours a 24-hour interval. their jobs are important because urgent messages are sent and are to be sent by all the girls.
the girls are constantly moving from identify to place and are always getting closer to the battlefront. there is a dance on one nighttime and Simone finds her blood brother Will and her true beloved. she and a boy named Sam Cates meet each other in dances and they autumn in love. unfortunately, Sam is being sent to the adjacent day, along with Sam and the other soldiers.
during the wintertime of 1918, the girls face harsh conditions and take difficulty in their jobs. Alice gets sick day by day, for it turns out that she has a affliction! Alice's death wish is for Simone to write her family a letter most how she cares about them. Simone fulfills her wish and mails it to Alice's family unit.
after many rough battles against the Germans, America finally wins the state of war! Simone and Volition are finally returning home, and just in time to gloat Christmas.but, it turns out that Volition saw the death of Sam. Simone doesn't lose hope, though considering she is certain that Sam did survive. as everyone is reunited during Christmas Eve, Simone goes to aid in the hospital and is taken by surprise when she finds Sam on a hospital bed.
although Sam is alive, he isn't unharmed. it turns out that a grenade blew part of his leg off. unfortunately, Sam volition have to stay in the infirmary for rehabilitation. Male parent all the same, manages to bring Sam to their dwelling house to celebrate Christmas with them. all ends very well in Simone's life, only i can't tell yous everything, and then read the Epilogue to observe out. ...more

Oct 28, 2016 kris rated it did not similar it

Simone Spencer, aged 17, volunteers with the Signal Corps to go to France and serve as a switchboard operator at the front lines. While overseas, she makes a friend, discovers the depths of grief, and falls in love.

If that seems overly simplistic for a WWI story, You'D BE RIGHT.

I think the hard truth is that I have just outgrown these books. I take plenty base knowledge that these books no longer spark that interest; they don't whet my appetite; they experience similar they're nether-delivering on ver

Simone Spencer, aged 17, volunteers with the Point Corps to go to France and serve as a switchboard operator at the front lines. While overseas, she makes a friend, discovers the depths of grief, and falls in love.

If that seems overly simplistic for a WWI story, YOU'D BE Correct.

I call up the hard truth is that I have just outgrown these books. I have enough base knowledge that these books no longer spark that interest; they don't whet my appetite; they feel similar they're under-delivering on very serious, complex topics. I want to sink my teeth into them but there'due south nothing there: it's like a mouthful of cotton wool candy, melting down into a stomach ache.

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January 23, 2015 Cassey rated it it was astonishing

The life of Simone is just like a volume I read befor.Her life was a real book.i just love information technology.it makes me sad but makes me grinning besides of the happines.the terminate fabricated me happy and in the heart was sad how her best friend died.I simply love her story of her life.

Jun 12, 2021 Tori rated it really liked information technology

I beloved when I acquire make new things from these books. I'd never heard of the 'hello girls' before this. Amazing women. I love when I learn brand new things from these books. I'd never heard of the 'hello girls' earlier this. Amazing women. ...more

Mar xxx, 2019 Cheyenne rated it really liked it

"The affair is, if in your life, you never got any bad news, never got weary, never got the current of air knocked out of y'all, well, there would be nothing left in this world to move you lot. And there would be no reason at all to well upwardly in a teary smile and hold on tight to everything you lot love. I know now that that's the whole point. That'due south the whole point of everything."

There's a lot that Simone's story has going for it - musings on class relations and recognizing one's privilege as a member of the upper cl

"The thing is, if in your life, you never got whatever bad news, never got weary, never got the wind knocked out of you lot, well, there would be nothing left in this world to move you. And there would be no reason at all to well upwards in a teary grin and concur on tight to everything y'all love. I know now that that's the whole signal. That'southward the whole point of everything."

There'due south a lot that Simone's story has going for it - musings on course relations and recognizing one'due south privilege as a member of the upper class, the struggle to preserve some sort of teenage girlhood while in a foreign country at war, and the complicated mix of emotions in bliss at the war being over and the grim realization that both she and her earth will never quite be the same.

For those who argue that Simone has no label and that her diary entries are lackluster, I disagree completely. She clashes with her grandmother and other "high order" women over their expectations of her. She isn't as radical equally her suffragist friend Francie, but Simone develops an agreement of women's empowerment through her experience as a "howdy daughter" switchboard operator. I related strongly to her anxieties over graduating loftier school and wanting to make a difference in the world without knowing what that deviation could be.

Equally far equally the diary entries go, earlier the war she couldn't observe the motivation to write and afterward the war she couldn't observe the time. She writes sporadically when she can, jotting down a few words in earlier she sleeps. She's working twelve hour shifts - she doesn't accept fourth dimension or energy to hammer out a dissertation every night. It's not realistic, especially when her days consist of the same monotonous and stress-inducing switchboards over and over again.

For those who criticize her love story with Sam and how quickly information technology progresses, I again take to disagree. She grew up hearing all almost how her mother and male parent roughshod in love at start sight, so it's merely natural that she would desire to find that same kind of heart-stopping honey for herself. The traumas that she and Sam experienced at state of war bind them together as much every bit sharing a dance, and in an unfamiliar world where you lot don't know if you are going to survive to see the adjacent mean solar day or not, you don't always have the luxury to take the time to fall in honey. Simone utilized her love for Sam (as well every bit her brother) as a mode to motivate herself and keep her focused on the importance of her work.

I finished the book in one sitting with tears in my eyes. Is the ending a lilliputian also saccharine? Perhaps. Does that actually matter? In that location are likewise many DA books with gross mischaracterizations of their subject matter for me to be bothered that Simone'due south biggest flaw is she gets a happy ending. /endrant

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Jul 16, 2020 Rachel rated it information technology was amazing

Keen book about the female person indicate corps workers in earth war i. Recommend

Dec 12, 2020 Natalie rated it liked it

Not as Christmassy as I would have liked, but an interesting historical read nonetheless.

2021 Review: I offset read this equally a 17 yr erstwhile, the exact age of the heroine. But I have to say that reading it as a 24 twelvemonth sometime did not alter my experience (or my star rating). Likewise a suspension for tiffin, I reread it in 1 sitting. It is warm, it is cozy, information technology is heartbreaking, it is real. I'm truly in awe of the fact that Levine could have such stunning prose and only have written this ane book! 6 years later and I notwithstanding hope she'll write another novel someday.

2018 Review:
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2021 Review: I beginning read this as a 17 year sometime, the exact historic period of the heroine. Only I have to say that reading information technology as a 24 year old did not change my experience (or my star rating). Besides a interruption for lunch, I reread it in one sitting. It is warm, information technology is cozy, it is heartbreaking, information technology is real. I'm truly in awe of the fact that Levine could have such stunning prose and only accept written this one book! vi years later and I still hope she'll write some other novel someday.

2018 Review:
This volume is office of the Honey America series, a middle grade historical fiction serial near and dear to my centre. I hope to review many Dear Americas in the future, but I'k excited that my first one happens to be one of my all-fourth dimension favorites!

When Christmas Comes Once more by Beth Seidel Levine is ane of the few (if not the but) Dear America about a seventeen-twelvemonth-old girl. Most of the Beloved America heroines are betwixt twelve and fourteen years old, and so you can imagine my excitement when I was finally the exact same historic period equally the main character. Therefore, Simone'due south questions about her time to come and her meaning in life are very relatable as I asked myself like questions at that historic period. Also, Simone's family is French and as I am French-Canadian, I loved the bits of French language and references throughout the diary.

I'll acknowledge I might be a niggling biased equally Earth War I is my favorite time period and this book happens to take place so, only ultimately, a good story is a good story. Simone, in wanting to make a difference, ends up signing on for a job that is more than she bargained for. Existence a Hi Daughter is not easy, but involves high-stress situations where her communications with Centrolineal soldiers not only have to be coded, only she must help them reach their goals in calling, if she can. Simone wonders if she's strong enough, but she doesn't take fourth dimension to determine whether she is or not because they need her—now. Sometimes it's not about having strength before a situation arises, but getting through the situation which then gives you strength. This story is rich in history and I loved learning well-nigh another side of World War I we don't often hear well-nigh.

At that place is romance, there is friendship, there is loneliness and there is heartache. Life lived during a war—any war—is often cruel and unfair. And questions are often left unanswered. But Simone pushes through it and when she returns abode, she is fabricated dissimilar past her experiences. She can never return to the sweet, innocent New York gal she once was, but she would never go back. Ane of my favorite quotes from the book perfectly reflects this thought:

"The thing is, if in your life, yous never got any bad news, never got weary, never got the wind knocked out of y'all, well, there would be zippo left in this world to move y'all. And there would be no reason at all to well up in a teary grinning and hold on tight to everything you love. I know now that that's the whole point. That's the whole point to everything."

If that didn't just give you chills, there's zippo more I tin do.

I give When Christmas Comes Over again 5 out of 5 stars. It's geared toward middle form readers, simply just as entertaining and educational for high schoolers and across. While the story does not entirely heart around Christmas time, it begins and ends with Christmas. Considering Christmas marks a time for families to be together—happy, content and at peace. There was no peace for the Spencer family unit in 1917 and although Earth War I had changed them greatly, they had peace in Christmas of 1918. This demonstrates that while we may not have peace now, we can await forward to the peace to come up.

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Nov 24, 2017 Sadie Joy rated it it was amazing

With the war swiftly budgeted, seventeen year old Simone Spencer's older blood brother, Will, immediately registers earlier a draft comes. Every bit the war progresses, Simone begins to experience helpless, and her own New York Metropolis remains as information technology ever was, so it's easy to forget that there's a state of war going on at all.

Wanting to help in some way, Simone searches for options, volunteering at the YMCA for some time, and even looking into being a nurse for the Ruby-Cantankerous. Merely after seeing the men at the hospital in crit

With the war swiftly approaching, seventeen year quondam Simone Spencer's older brother, Volition, immediately registers before a draft comes. Equally the state of war progresses, Simone begins to feel helpless, and her own New York City remains as it e'er was, then it's easy to forget that there's a war going on at all.

Wanting to help in some way, Simone searches for options, volunteering at the YMCA for some time, and even looking into beingness a nurse for the Ruddy-Cross. Just later seeing the men at the infirmary in critical condition, Simone doubts that being a nurse is the right pick.

When Full general John J. Pershing calls for young women to join his ranks to operate switchboards, Simone is thrilled, and when the ages are lowered, she immediately starts training. That'due south when the real action begins.

This book weaved humor, anger, happiness, and sorrow so well. Simone's own perspective, her losses, her fury, her happiness, her sadness, they were written beautifully. I have a bright imagination, and the words brought it to life.

Though the catastrophe was bittersweet, equally told, even Simone didn't wish anything differently. If her grief, if sad things had non happened, if her life had not e'er been sorrow filled, so in the terminate, she wouldn't exist able to exist truly appreciate the joy that came in the stop.

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This outstanding book in the Dear America historical diary series centers on a "hello girl" of World State of war I. (In lieu of spoilers, read the book) The writer's perfect pacing and organic infusion of historical fact into an epistolary fiction is similar a master class. I've read many of the Dear America and My Proper name is America books, and while some have peradventure better writing or more gripping plots, this one is superb in its natural feel, engaging way, and informative content. The backmatter is non a This outstanding volume in the Honey America historical diary series centers on a "hullo daughter" of Earth War I. (In lieu of spoilers, read the book) The author'south perfect pacing and organic infusion of historical fact into an epistolary fiction is like a master class. I've read many of the Dear America and My Proper noun is America books, and while some have peradventure amend writing or more than gripping plots, this one is superb in its natural feel, engaging style, and informative content. The backmatter is non as good equally some of the others. But this ane is in no manner nevertheless or boring (as some in the serial are) Highly recommended to glean a bit about this time period. ...more

Okay, so the catastrophe was a little sappy and contrived, but that's fine. The rest of the book...well, it'southward interesting, merely mostly considering I didn't realize women went over to Europe during WWI in any other capacity than "nurse." So that part was absurd. Withal, the book itself was just kinda...meh. It didn't seem terribly well-written or anything. In other words, topic = interesting, volume = not so much.

3/five on here, 6/ten for myself.

Okay, so the catastrophe was a footling sappy and contrived, merely that'due south fine. The rest of the book...well, information technology's interesting, but mostly considering I didn't realize women went over to Europe during WWI in any other capacity than "nurse." So that office was cool. Yet, the book itself was just kinda...meh. It didn't seem terribly well-written or anything. In other words, topic = interesting, book = non so much.

iii/5 on here, vi/10 for myself.

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I'one thousand choosing to read this during Christmas because of the championship, but really it's not completely centered on the vacation and covers a year of a immature American woman stationed in Europe. This shows how much responsibleness was given to young people during an extremely challenging period of history. It gave an interesting look at how women were able to be involved in the military during WWI. I'grand choosing to read this during Christmas because of the title, but really it'due south not completely centered on the holiday and covers a year of a young American woman stationed in Europe. This shows how much responsibleness was given to young people during an extremely challenging menstruum of history. Information technology gave an interesting expect at how women were able to be involved in the war machine during WWI. ...more

Dec 18, 2017 Meredith rated it it was amazing

[2021 Review]

I actually enjoyed returning to this lovely Dear America story, which was the start one I ever read! It endures as one of my all-time favorites. Great characters, strong historical setting, charming romance, expert lessons, and an catastrophe that's tied up as pretty as a Christmas bow—what more could yous enquire for during the holidays?!

[2021 Review]

I really enjoyed returning to this lovely Dear America story, which was the beginning 1 I always read! It endures every bit 1 of my all-time favorites. Groovy characters, strong historical setting, charming romance, adept lessons, and an ending that's tied upwardly as pretty equally a Christmas bow—what more could you lot inquire for during the holidays?!

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not to sound like i'grand a cynic who hates romance simply why didn't sam actually get fridged to further simone's emotional development not to audio similar i'm a cynic who hates romance but why didn't sam actually go fridged to farther simone's emotional development ...more

When Christmas Comes Again by Beth Seidel Levine, is nearly a young lady named Simone Spencer. She lives in New York City with her Maman and Father. Her older brother, Will, and sister-in-constabulary, Caroline, alive nearby. The year is 1917 and World War I has been going on for about three years. Recently the U.S. called for a draft of all the young men to be ready to be called to serve overseas. Simone's brother, Volition, volunteers to go overseas to fight in the war. This is a hard affair for Simone and he When Christmas Comes Again by Beth Seidel Levine, is about a young lady named Simone Spencer. She lives in New York City with her Maman and Father. Her older brother, Will, and sister-in-law, Caroline, alive nearby. The year is 1917 and World State of war I has been going on for nigh 3 years. Recently the U.S. called for a draft of all the immature men to exist set up to be chosen to serve overseas. Simone's brother, Will, volunteers to go overseas to fight in the war. This is a difficult thing for Simone and her family to deal with. Volition has been gone for a while and the war is still going on, so Simone decides to find a mode to help. She decides to assist in a hospital for a while but hears of an opportunity that needs people to speak French. Simone speaks French because her Maman is from France and she fabricated sure her children knew her native language. Simone becomes a member of the U.S. army and goes overseas to France to help operate the switchboards to relay messages to the troops. She makes a proficient friend on her trip overseas named Alice. Simone runs into Will and one of his friends, Sam Crates, overseas. Simone decides she really likes Sam and hopes to see him once again after he and Will get new assignments. The war continues and Simone and the other girls she works with face many hardships. This book gives a perspective on Earth War I that many people would non think of, since she was a girl involved in the state of war.

This book likewise gives adept descriptions of Simone'south interest in the war without beingness as well graphic for younger readers. I would say that this book could take moved a little faster in the beginning, considering to me it seemed a little dull until Simone went overseas. This book had several proficient quotes that gave me things to consider that I had not thought of before.

I really enjoyed this book, information technology gave a girl's perspective of being in World War I, which is non really a common occurrence. I as well recollect it gave enough details yet was vague enough that even upper elementary students can enjoy and learn from the book.

I would recommend this volume for students to read independently for 5th or sixth grade. To use this book for a read aloud, I would recommend quaternary or fifth grades.

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Sep 21, 2021 Sarah rated it liked it

Unpopular opinion fourth dimension!

This is a PG romance masquerading as a Dear America book. At that place, I said it!

At present don't become me wrong, it wasn't terrible, simply I felt this was a 50/l divide between a honey story and a historical fiction. Everything was very...fairytale happy. Simone instantly knows that Sam is the love of her life. She never doubts whether he's dead or alive. They get married and live happily ever after. Even the friend she makes in hospital ends up being part of her happy always afterward thanks to

Unpopular stance time!

This is a PG romance masquerading as a Dear America book. In that location, I said information technology!

Now don't get me incorrect, information technology wasn't terrible, simply I felt this was a fifty/50 split betwixt a love story and a historical fiction. Everything was very...fairytale happy. Simone instantly knows that Sam is the love of her life. She never doubts whether he'due south dead or live. They become married and live happily always later. Even the friend she makes in hospital ends upward existence part of her happy always after thank you to her best friend. Her fourth dimension as a switchboard operator was...okay. It doesn't go into likewise much detail and she skips a lot of time because she'due south so "decorated."

All in all it was okay. Not the greatest merely non terrible by whatsoever ways.

Actual rating 2.5 stars out of five.

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Probably one of my favorite Love America books! I don't remember this is i I read as a child, so it was all new to me.

I'll be honest that I don't actually think learning much about WWI in schoolhouse, then much of the content was new to me. I've only briefly heard of Hi Girls before this.

This one definitely rugged at my heartstrings and Simone was such a badass graphic symbol. I loved the strong girl ability theme here.

My only bodily complaint was the slightly misleading title. Nearly of the volume didn't have

Probably one of my favorite Dear America books! I don't think this is one I read equally a child, so it was all new to me.

I'll be honest that I don't really recall learning much about WWI in school, then much of the content was new to me. I've but briefly heard of Hello Girls before this.

This one definitely rugged at my heartstrings and Simone was such a badass graphic symbol. I loved the stiff girl ability theme hither.

My just actual complaint was the slightly misleading championship. Most of the volume didn't have place effectually Christmas. But information technology did pb back to the hope that the whole family would exist together once again come Christmas.

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I was torn betwixt a 2 or a three star rating. I but found information technology uninteresting. Some aspects were. I didn't like our protagonist much either. I wouldn't say I disliked her. She was too plain, and seemed a chip airy like many teen girls. Non all but something I've experienced. Mayhap it's naivety I'1000 thinking of. Anyway it was fairly blah for me. And a tad cheesy. My kid said it was actually interesting yet she couldn't remember anything after a several months lull of not reading it. Yet other books and I was torn between a 2 or a iii star rating. I just found it uninteresting. Some aspects were. I didn't like our protagonist much either. I wouldn't say I disliked her. She was likewise plain, and seemed a bit airy like many teen girls. Non all but something I've experienced. Perhaps information technology's naivety I'chiliad thinking of. Anyway information technology was adequately blah for me. And a tad cheesy. My kid said it was really interesting yet she couldn't call back anything later on a several months lull of non reading it. Yet other books and shows she remembers lots. ...more than

Sep 22, 2021 Clara rated it liked it

I have basically no opinions on this book, but it didn't do child marriage, so I think it'due south a win. The chief problem with Dear America is the child spousal relationship. This book demonstrates a style to do romance while avoiding child spousal relationship: making the character 18. I would recommend this book to Kristiana Gregory. I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone else. I didn't care for the writing and I idea it fabricated Simone feel younger than she is. Still--and I cannot stress this enough--there was no child mar I have basically no opinions on this book, simply it didn't do child wedlock, and so I retrieve it's a win. The principal problem with Dear America is the child wedlock. This book demonstrates a mode to do romance while avoiding child marriage: making the character xviii. I would recommend this book to Kristiana Gregory. I wouldn't actually recommend it to anyone else. I didn't care for the writing and I thought it made Simone feel younger than she is. Still--and I cannot stress this plenty--there was no child spousal relationship in this book. ...more

No thing how old I get, I volition e'er love The Honey America series. Back in middle schoolhouse, those were the only books I ever read. I love the well researched history that draws the reader back into the time period. My favorite part are the pictures they always include in the dorsum, it makes everything all the more real. As for this detail book, this was my outset time reading it and I enjoyed it very much. These books are bully for a quick read.

Aug 08, 2020 Sharon rated it really liked information technology

Naomi brought three Honey America titles abode from the library - again. She has her favorites that she revisits a couple times a year.

This is a squeamish intro to New York City and WWI during 1917-1918. The "Hello Girls" of the US Army Signal Corps are petty known or remembered ladies who served their country with distinction during this "modern war". These were basis-breaking women. This is a quick, enjoyable read.

Naomi brought three Dear America titles home from the library - once again. She has her favorites that she revisits a couple times a year.

This is a nice intro to New York City and WWI during 1917-1918. The "Hello Girls" of the The states Army Signal Corps are piffling known or remembered ladies who served their country with distinction during this "modern war". These were basis-breaking women. This is a quick, enjoyable read.

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It was a well written story. Just very distressing and inappreciably had a Christmas theme to it! Another championship would accept fit amend. I found it sad that Alice lost her life at a immature historic period catching a flu during the war. I was pleased that Sam was later plant near Christmas. Even so was a sorry not an uplifting type of Christmas story at all.

Sep 11, 2020 Janis rated it it was amazing

World War I was a huge deal and the average American knows virtually zippo virtually it. The Hi Girls were American women who were very important to the state of war try and even people who know a lot about WWI oft haven't heard of them. I accept read a lot about that war and really did enjoy this book.

November 07, 2020 Kristal rated it really liked it

This book is quite unique for the Dear America series- the protagonist is older than usual (Simone is 17-nineteen in this book as opposed to the usual 12-xiv) and is upper grade. I never knew about the switchboard operators-"Hello Girls" of WW1- what an interesting assignment to have! This book is a neat companion to the suffragette diary in the Honey America series.

May 24, 2017 Gazelle South rated it it was amazing

The Great War just began. Simone Spencer wants to assistance. Her brother goes first ,then she follows him and becomes a "Hello Girl". She basicly works the telegrams. The book was a really skilful overall, i would recomend it. The Great War just began. Simone Spencer wants to help. Her brother goes first ,then she follows him and becomes a "Hello Girl". She basicly works the telegrams. The book was a really good overall, i would recomend it. ...more

The volume is amazing because Simone, one time a bit concerned about fashion, and she grew up privileged, decided she wanted to practise something to help her land & becomes a telephone operator during WWI. She stepped out of her comfort zone and grew up tremendously while doing that stressful job.

February 03, 2021 Devin Hinkle rated it it was amazing

A fictional account of a young howdy daughter during World War i. I'thousand non a big fan of war stories, but I loved this book. I laughed, cried, and thoroughly enjoyed information technology. I learned a lot by reading this volume . I could definitely see this as a picture show. A fictional business relationship of a young hello girl during World State of war 1. I'thou not a big fan of war stories, only I loved this volume. I laughed, cried, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I learned a lot by reading this volume . I could definitely run into this as a film. ...more

Jan 23, 2018 Star Merrill rated it really liked it

Very interesting wait into fiddling-known facts well-nigh the women, "hello girls", of WW I. I was amazed at what they did, especially in that time period. They were brave and dedicated. Very interesting expect into trivial-known facts virtually the women, "hullo girls", of WW I. I was amazed at what they did, especially in that time flow. They were dauntless and dedicated. ...more

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