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historicalyafen2019-01-21 06:36 pm
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Does anybody else read Elizabeth Wein's "Young Pilots" books (Code Name Verity, its various companions, and the others dealing with the same time period and subject matter)? If so, what do we think of them?
I've read Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, and most recently The Pearl Thief and really enjoyed all of them. I could nitpick about them (and have, on my Tumblr) but I'm so happy to have World War II fiction that's appropriate for teens and early adults and that deals with personalities and relationships rather than solely military or technical subject matter that I've fallen in love with them anyway.
I recently bought Firebird, a recent and for some reason very hard to find one dealing with a Soviet airwoman suspected of treason, but I haven't read it yet. It was actually initially going to be a birthday present for a dyslexic family member of mine (Wein wrote the book in a way that prioritized readability for dyslexic readers, which I wasn't aware that anyone was doing and greatly admire) but even a month after Christmas I'm still really on the fence about giving a book for young readers to someone in his fifties. I'm sure the book is great but he's not really a YA or children's literature fan and I don't want him to feel that I'm patronizing him. If anybody has read it, what would you recommend I do?
I've read Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, and most recently The Pearl Thief and really enjoyed all of them. I could nitpick about them (and have, on my Tumblr) but I'm so happy to have World War II fiction that's appropriate for teens and early adults and that deals with personalities and relationships rather than solely military or technical subject matter that I've fallen in love with them anyway.
I recently bought Firebird, a recent and for some reason very hard to find one dealing with a Soviet airwoman suspected of treason, but I haven't read it yet. It was actually initially going to be a birthday present for a dyslexic family member of mine (Wein wrote the book in a way that prioritized readability for dyslexic readers, which I wasn't aware that anyone was doing and greatly admire) but even a month after Christmas I'm still really on the fence about giving a book for young readers to someone in his fifties. I'm sure the book is great but he's not really a YA or children's literature fan and I don't want him to feel that I'm patronizing him. If anybody has read it, what would you recommend I do?