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Friends and Enemies
After William moves to town, Jim, a Mennonite, and he become fast friends, yet when Pearl Harbor is bombed and William talks excitedly about serving his nation, their relationship is threatened as William feels angered and betrayed by Jim's pacifist beliefs.
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176 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2000
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May 6, 2016
Friends and Enemies is about a boy named William who left a town in Kansas called Topeka and went to a town named Plaintown. He made a few friends in Plaintown, but most of the people there were his enemies, but he tried to make them his friends.
Friends and Enemies is also about William being friends with a boy named Jim, who is also a German Mennonite. Once William acted mean to Jim because he kicked him in the leg, because he thought that Jim smashed some wood and planes that he had created at one of his jobs. He worked on a farm and at a house to make toy model planes. Jim said he didn't touch the planes. William replied, "Yes you did. I saw five planes smashed."
I liked this book because of friendships that were made. It taught me that we should not be mean to our enemies but to make friends with them and not act like them even though it is hard.
[read and reviewed by a 9 year old, typed by his mama]
Friends and Enemies is also about William being friends with a boy named Jim, who is also a German Mennonite. Once William acted mean to Jim because he kicked him in the leg, because he thought that Jim smashed some wood and planes that he had created at one of his jobs. He worked on a farm and at a house to make toy model planes. Jim said he didn't touch the planes. William replied, "Yes you did. I saw five planes smashed."
I liked this book because of friendships that were made. It taught me that we should not be mean to our enemies but to make friends with them and not act like them even though it is hard.
[read and reviewed by a 9 year old, typed by his mama]
October 11, 2010
So far it talks about the war. It talks about religion. Which is Mennonites,Christians,Jews,and Nazis.It is about this boy who is a preachers son.Thre is the bully Clive. The preachers son makes model airplanes over the summer and displays them at the fair. He hears a call from the fair people. He rushes over
to see that his model planes have been smashed. Who could have done such a thing? Jim,Barry or Clive!
to see that his model planes have been smashed. Who could have done such a thing? Jim,Barry or Clive!
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February 9, 2009JAR5-Gae
March 19, 2011
I read this book for school. I wasn't excited for it but in the end I really liked this book. I wish there was more of a friendship between William and John.
May 8, 2017
I really like this book its a good book you should read it
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