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B for Buster

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By Iain Lawrence
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
B for Buster
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Nicknamed after his hometown of Kakabeka, Canada, Kak dreams of flying with the Allied bombers in World War II. So at 16, underage and desperate to escape his abusive parents, he enlists in the Canadian Air Force. Soon he is trained as a wireless operator and sent to a squadron in England, where hes unabashedly gung ho about flying his first op. He thinks the night ops over Germany will be like the heroic missions of his favorite comicbook heroes. Good will vanquish evil. But his first time out, in a plane calledB for Buster, reveals the ops for what they really area harrowing ordeal. The bombing raids bring searchlights . . . artillery from below . . . and night fighters above hunting to take the bombers down. One hit, Kak knows, andB for Buster, along with him and his six crewmates, could be destroyed. Kak is terrified. He cant confide his feelings to his crew, since hes already worried that theyll find out his age. Besides, none of them seem afraid. Only in Bert, the slovenly caretaker of the homing pigeons that go on every op, does Kak find an unlikely friend. Bert seems to understand what the other men dont talk aboutthe shame, the sense of duty, and the paralyzing fear. As Kak seeks out Berts company, he somehow finds the strength to face his own uncertain future.

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74794 words74,794 words
336 pages336 pages
Lexile 730LLexile 730L
Published 2004Published 2004

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9780385730860

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