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Soon, and Finally by Victoria Drewa

By Lee Hoover ⋅ March 16, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Victoria Drewa

Quick Synopsis: It’s the middle of World War II in Germany and twenty year old Louisa Bittikofer and her family are dealing with hard times. Louisa’s mother has come down with cancer and her father has been taken captive by the British. What’s a girl to do? Easy…pretend to be a man and join the German Army in order to somehow find her father.

My Review: When I was twelve years old I spent my time playing Nintendo and eating Cheetos, reading books was considered OK, but only if I had already beaten Zelda. Writing books, however, was not even an option…my short sighted imagination wouldn’t allow for it. Which is why I’m so impressed with Victoria Drewa, my 12 year old soon to be sister in law who wrote her first novel and sent it to me a couple weeks ago.

More impressive than the novel itself is the fact that the story takes place in World War II, fifty years before she was even born. The story takes the reader from a tough family situation through a tough individual crisis as the main woman in the story tries desperately to save her father from captivity, and then herself from certain death.

I wanted to make sure I wrote a ‘review’ for this book, which is truly an enjoyable read, and share it with everybody who would like to read it. It really is good and quite impressive. So check it out here: Soon, and Finally