THE book WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN written by Beth Seidel Levine is the diary of Simone Spencer in the DEAR AMERICA series. Simone is a girl who lives during  WORLD WAR 1 . Her brother went to war as a soldier . He told her the war would end by Christmas. To keep herself busy,  she first volunteered at the YMCA because she felt a war was going on yet it didn't feel that way at home.She and her friend , Francie  decided to volunteer at the hospital her  father worked at. SOON Christmas came and as she, her mother ,and Francie were looking for Christmas presents and such she came across an angel ornament she admired. Well Christmas came though the war did not end , it brought a new opportunity to help the war cause. The YMCA needed American girls or,more so women, that spoke French to work the switchboards. It was very real to be taken on this a  adventure with Simone. It was adventuresome,sad ,happy,and even a little romantic.  This book was very good . I hope this book review helped you learn a bit about this book a show you what it is about .