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Look Inside | Teacher’s Guide
Teacher’s Guide
Jan 15, 1981 | ISBN 9780440947974 | Young Adult Buy
Dec 30, 2008 | ISBN 9780307536600 | Young Adult Buy
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Jan 15, 1981 | ISBN 9780440947974 | Young Adult
Dec 30, 2008 | ISBN 9780307536600 | Young Adult
In 1944, as World War II is raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force.From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe. The war is almost over and Hitler near defeat when they fly their last mission — a mission destined for disaster. Shot down far behind enemy lines, Jack is taken prisoner and sent to a German POW camp, where his experiences are more terrifying than anything he’d ever imagined.
Harry Mazer is an acclaimed author with numerous novels to his credit, including Snow Bound, Who Is Eddie Leonard? (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults), The Island Keeper, and Someone’s Mother Is Missing. He and his wife, novelist Norma Fox Mazer, are the authors… More about Harry Mazer
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award NOMINEE 1985
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