Summary
- Well, well, well, I`m back for more entertainment!!!, In the first four chapters I read from these new novel named "Tough Times", this happens. There was this kid with 12 years named Joey, he live near Germany with his Ma, Pa, and Grandpa. His mom was Jew and his dad was German, his dad was private in the WW1. When he was 5 years his sister Helen died because of a virus, nobody talks about her. All the mornings when he gets back from school he has a friend named Kate, is the only friend he had. In chapter 2 the author talk about how the parents of Joey met, Ma was "American" in that time she was navigating to Germany. When she got to Germany he saw Pa working in a facility, they both met and fall in love. On 3 Joey go with Pa to work in Mr. Dillon`s house for free to wash the windows, Joey discovered that they don`t pay Pa nothing he got mad. And finally on 4, grandpa tells a story to Joey, he said that before war Pa was a horse trainer he got a magic hand for training horses, he became so famous in his district, but he never talks about that.
- "I knew why Pa had joined up. He was twenty five then, older than most recruits. But military service would speed up getting his citizenship papers. So he left Ma and me and my sister, Helen, in the care of Grandpa. Helen was five, and I was two. But as the war was winding up, Helen was gone. The flu epidemic. It killed millions worlwide, and somehow it took Helen but missed me. No one ever talked about my sister or about Pa's time in France." page # (6)
- What I find interesting in this quote is that virus that killed millions and Pa`s brave act of volunteer to the German army. It was really hard for Pa to leave his family, and also it was hard to think how young people join the army, some of them were 18. I also been thinking how Joey lost his sister, poor Helen, If I lost my sister I could not live. She is a very important person in my life.
CONCLUSION
- OMG!!! I really find interesting this book and it`s my first time reading this novel. The life of Joey is very difficult. The family lost Helen and Pa´s boss doesn't pay dad. So I will hope in the next chapters Joey has better luck. But who knows? In conclusion I like this book because there is war, and I like to study the winner of WW1 and 2, and I think this book will be excellent.
