Considering that this story has no plot, little characterization and is pretty poorly written (with tense and style changes throughout), I found that I wanted to continue reading. Unfortunately the end does not make up for it and honestly can't remember why I bothered to read to the end as often it seemed that references to the war and Catholic lifestyle were just there for the sake of the author being able to let the reader know (which I'm pretty sure most readers already have a decent understanding of). Don't bother reading this as there are much better childhood/school stories out there.