What a weird book. This story takes you through the friendship of Julie and Maddie, which happens to bloom during WWII. Maddie is a pilot, Julie is a wireless operator.
This book is like a movie- everything, including traitors and turncoats, is black and white. Friendships do not wither. I read this around the time that I read a nonfiction about WWII, and the contrast is stark. Comparatively this book seems childish and unreal.
Likes:
*Maddie and Julie's friendship, especially the gavotte on the bicycles.
*Planes! I love 'em, expecially WWII era.
*History in general. Wein makes a serious effort to be historically plausible. Some things are a stretch *cough*femalespyandfemalepilotinoccupiedFrance*cough*, but a lot of the facts are still accurate.
Dislikes:
*I wouldn't want a teen to read this book. First of all, it's not 'good' enough for me to recommend it. Secondly, it's not clean. Julie admittedly sleeps with some men in order to gain information. There's torture and horrible deaths...
*Anna Engel. She doesn't make sense to me as a character.