Most of all, Front Lines made me think and that’s why I really loved this book. What a book to read on Memorial Day weekend! At times it made me laugh and at times it made me angry. However, when I resumed reading it this weekend, I couldn’t put it down. I admit I started this book a few weeks ago but set it aside to finish an ARC of another book and was sidetracked with work stuff. Tip: When you’re done reading the book, be sure to check out the Author’s Notes at the end. But more than that, I knew where she came from because Grant takes his reader on the full journey, from enlistment to basic training and passage across the ocean on the Queen Mary. Front Lines made me feel as if I had dropped into the foxhole with Rio. Author Michael Grant did an excellent job of re-imagining history while weaving actual events and historical details into his fictional work. I’ve watched a lot of war movies and have visited different museums with war exhibits (if you’re ever in the Chicago suburbs be sure to visit the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park). While each is from a different area of the country with diverse backgrounds, these young women have something in common - a dream of a better life. Each fighting for their own reasons and each facing such deep prejudice, not only for their gender but for their age, skin color, and heritage. These are the girls, the woman of Front Lines. Front Lines by Michael Grant is a powerful, immersive read that presents an alternate version of history and asks as well as answers the question: what if women served on the front lines during World War II? Girl soldiers - teenagers barely out of high school (and some not even) fighting at the front, working as medics, and even training as intelligence operatives.

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