What a great WWII book! It's full of adventure, suspense and danger. Henry is a 19-year-old pilot from the United States that gets shot down by the Germans over enemy territory in Europe. Members of the French Resistance help him get to safety on a number of occasions. Henry encounters people from many walks of life and degrees of willingness to help him escape Nazi imprisonment.
The book title comes from this sentence: "He'd [Henry] never really thought much about the people they were trying to liberate, or what their struggles must be on the ground under a war-torn sky." (p. 51) The book depicts some of those struggles to help the reader better understand what life was like for some individuals under enemy control during WWII.
Audience: especially good for 8th grade boys when they need to read WWII historical fiction
Genre: historical fiction (WWII)
Topics: French Resistance, WWII, fighter (bomber) pilot, prisoner of war, wounded soldier, survival, hunger, spies, traitors, farm life, children of war
Mrs. Beckwith's rating: 5 of 5
Cautions: war scenes, strong language at times (fits the context
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Hey Ms. Beckwith, your kind mention of Under a War-torn Sky popped up in an alert in my email. Wanted to let you know that HarperCollins has recently published my sequel to Under a War-torn Sky. Called A Troubled Peace, it is set in 1945 postwar France, when Henry returns to search for the little boy who saved his life. You can learn more about it on my website: www.lmelliott.com. Click onto the bookcover icon for A Troubled Peace to view a trailer about the sequel. Thank you, LME
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