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Reviewed on February 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5–8—Dylan Barstow steals a junkyard car for a joyride, landing him in jail, and exasperating his widowed mom. The seventh grader is sent off with Uncle Todd, who is assembling a search team to find Second Ace, Grandpa Henry's B-17 bomber that crashed in the jungles of Papua New Guinea (PNG) during World War II. Dylan's own journalist father died in Darfur, on a peacekeeping mission, and he has yet to come to terms with the loss. The protagonist begins reading Grandpa Henry's journal that chronicles the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Stealing a car sends disobedient seventh grader Dylan to Papua New Guinea with ex-marine Uncle Todd in search of a downed WWII bomber fl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
