It would have been nice to see some of the main characters have more depth to them. I did feel that some of the main characters were underdeveloped in a story that attempts to address a lot of complex social issues. Before World War II began, Jessie Drumm and her friends at Alveara boarding school in Belfast liked their German teacher, Miss Muller. It certainly illustrates the discrimination that people face when they are in a foreign country especially during wartime when everyone is suspicious of people that are different from them. This would be a great book to integrate social studies and history lessons with for students in upper elementary and older. Personal Response: I enjoyed the story and found I was engaged the whole way through. Hoping to prove her favorite teachers innocence, Jessie agrees to help spy on her. But after Jessie sees the teacher climbing to the roof at night, she and the others wonder if Miss Muller is a secret agent, signaling the enemy. Miss Muller is a popular teacher before the war, but because she is half German and it's wartime, students at the school harass her and grow suspicious of her every move. Before World War II began, Jessie Drumm and her friends at Alveara boarding school in Belfast liked their German teacher, Miss Muller. Jamie and her friends convince themselves that the German teacher at their school is a spy for the Germans and they set out to make her life miserable. Plot: The story is told through first person point of view through the eyes of Jamie Drumm. Setting: Boarding school in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during WWII.
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