This book really locks you in at the beginning  of the story  if you like war/history. The book takes place in  1944 in the middle of  world war II  this guy named Scott Pendleton  Collins  he is a  U.S soldier, before he went to war Scott and his friend Bobby hid a going away party with there family's .After the party Scott's uncle Richard gave  him a journal but his mom did not give him a gift he told his mom that he dose not need a gift but he did want a gift he wanted to have a picture of him on the wall like his grate-grandfather Phillips R.Collins who fought in the civil war and his father that fought in the first  world war. That was a little part of the story.If you ask me I would say this book is great  if  you like war/history book this book keep's you locked in from the moment you read it to the moment you finish it, I would say the most exiting part is the middle because that is the part he goes in to war in  Normandy,France I would give this book  5 stars out of one.If you like war or history you should read this book but if you like history you should try the My name is america series.