That Burning Summer

It's July 1940 on the south coast of England. A plane crash-lands in the marsh, and sixteen-year-old Peggy finds its broken pilot--a young Polish airman named Henryk. Afraid and unwilling to return to the fight, Henryk needs a place to hide, and Peggy helps him find his way to a remote, abandoned church.

Meanwhile, Peggy's eleven-year-old brother Ernest is doing his best to try to understand the war happening around him. He's reading all the pamphlets--he knows all the rules, he knows exactly what to do in every situation. He's prepared, but not for Peggy's hidden pilot.

Told in alternating points of view, this is a beautifully written story about growing up in wartime and finding the difference between following the rules and following your heart.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sky Pony
Published: 01/31/2017
ISBN: 9781510711723
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2016 pg. 96
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2016
Booklist 12/01/2016 pg. 56
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2017 - Recommended - Hard To Beat