Soldier Boys

Give a physical description as well as a description of each character's personality. Does the author use a direct or indirect method of revealing the character?



I am reading the book, "Soldier Boys," is written by Dean Hughes. This book is about the war against Japan, Germany, and The USA. It talks about kids from each country the first character is a boy from Germany and he is 11. He is in a troop of young soldiers and they are training to go fight in the war with The United States. He is trying to fit in with the older boys in his troop because the leaders of the troop are 15 and 16. It also talks about a boy in the United States and he is playing catch in the yard when he hears about the Japanese attacking Purel Harbor. His brother joined the navy and he is on a ship in San Diego loading things onto the ship and other ships he is upset about that. This kid is 15 and he is at school one day and everyone is talking about Purel Harbor and how the war could go on for a long time. He wants to join the army to impress this one girl in his class but he doesn't admit it. He goes to the recruiter and gets papers when his parents don't know about it and he has to go talk it over with his dad.