Soldier Mom

Soldier Mom (Book Review Soldier Mom , one of Alice Mead 's novels , tells a story about the eleven-year old Jasmyn Williams who was left behind with her half baby brother when their mother was sent to war ADDIN EN .CITE 1112Alice Mead Books20071 Junehttp /www .alicemea dbooks .com /books /soldier_mom .htm "Alice Mead Books

It was on early August of 1990 when Paula , Jasmyn 's mother , was assigned to be part of the Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia at the start of the Persian Gulf War ADDIN EN .CITE

br 2212Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews20071 Junehttp /www .amazon .c om /gp /product /product- /ref dp_proddesc_0 /002-76460 36-6761652 ?ie UTF8 n 283155 s books "Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews . In less than two days , her mother will be leaving her and her half brother Andrew . Paula didn 't have enough time to make arrangements for her children leaving her the option of sending them to her boyfriend , Jake

Jasmyn was surprised knowing that their mother will leave them for seven months of duty . She was worried of her mother 's safety . During that time , Jasmyn was more interested in basketball serving as their team captain . All of a sudden , she would be doing household chores such as cooking , cleaning , and most of all taking care of her half-brother Andrew ADDIN EN .CITE Authors and Artists for Young Adults on Alice Mead20071 June2005ht tp /www .bookrags .com /biography /alice-mead-aya "Authors and Artists for Young Adults on Alice Mead

Living her life with Jake and taking care of her brother made a very big change in her life . Jake was not helping her that much on the household chores and he even forgot her birthday ADDIN EN .CITE 2212Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews20071 Junehttp /www .amazon .c om /gp /product /product- /ref dp_proddesc_0 /002-76460 36-6761652 ?ie UTF8 n 283155 s books "Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews . There were also times that she was left alone taking care of Andrew . Because of these new responsibilities , she spent more time in doing household chores rather than her passion , basketball . Because lesser times were spent for basketball , Jasmyn feared that she would have to give her position to another member , Bridget O 'Donnell

As a pre-teenager , Jasmyn became angry to her mother thinking that she abandoned them just to go to war rather than spent time taking care of them . She became mad to the situation where her mother was away from them and for Jake 's lack of sense of fatherhood . She also believed that their mother doesn 't love them because if she does , she would never leave them ADDIN EN .CITE 2212Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews20071 Junehttp /www .amazon .c om /gp /product /product- /ref dp_proddesc_0 /002-76460 36-6761652 ?ie UTF8 n 283155 s books "Soldier Mom : Editorial Reviews

Through time , Jake begun to accept his responsibility of taking care both for Andrew and Jasmyn . Jasmyn also realized that she should consider Jake as part of the family and as a substitute parent . She also accepted that fact that...