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July 06, 2004
Harry's War by Dr. Edward Bradley

Harry’s War by Dr. Edward Bradley: an account of a teenager’s life in a British private school during World War II.

Fourteen-year-old Harry Lockwood has just set off to attend Markhaven College on the outskirts of London. It’s 1941 and World War II is happening all around him - bombs go off, airplanes fly overhead, and people he knows are getting killed. At the same time, Harry (or Woody to his friends) has to contend with growing up and with the harsh realities of life in the British educational system.

The thing that impressed itself upon me most of all from this book was the description of the British educational system. I’ve always found all of the corporal punishment and hazing that goes on in schools like the one Harry attended abhorent and that idea was only reinforced by this book. I find it unbelievable that people ever would think that treating a child in that manner would be good for them.

Otherwise, I found this book to be very interesting both in the description of the war and in Harry and his group of friends. I would like to read the sequel to see what happened to Harry, Captain, and the rest of his group from school.



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