Mrs. Julie Hutt s fourth-grade class in Roslyn, New York, writes to a soldier in Iraq to thank him for his service and to find out what it s like to be a U.S. solider: What is a soldier s job exactly? How do soldiers spend their spare time? Don t they miss home? The children s letters were answered by First Lieutenant David Falvey, a twenty-five-year-old military police officer serving in Baghdad with the Army National Guard. Combining the children s letters and artwork with Lt. Falvey s emails and personal photographs, Letters to a Soldier is a special book to be shared in the classroom or at home. An update on Lt. Falvey s safe return home, the status of the war in Iraq, and classroom programs are also included."