On The Wings of Heroes
by:
Richard Peck (author)
His big brother Bill is off at war, flying B-17s, but young Davy Bowman is tending the home front. When not weighted down by school chores, this little midwesterner is busy searching for scrap metal for the war effort. Richard Peck's heartwarming World War II story places a global conflict in...
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His big brother Bill is off at war, flying B-17s, but young Davy Bowman is tending the home front. When not weighted down by school chores, this little midwesterner is busy searching for scrap metal for the war effort. Richard Peck's heartwarming World War II story places a global conflict in human perspective.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780803730816 (0803730810)
Publish date: February 15th 2007
Publisher: Dial
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
History,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
War,
Family,
Kids,
World War II
Richard Peck is an amazing writer. Despite how short his novels are, he fleshes out interesting characters and hints at whole other stories attached to them. His historical detail is accurate, interesting, and often funny. This book is no exception. It takes place just before and during WWII in a sm...
What a writer Peck is. Here's another terrific tale, this one about WWII as seen through a boy's eyes. Peck evokes the time with great sensitivity and some humor while managing to communicate some fierce truths about war and love and parenting. Highly recommended.
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