num_pages: 160
description: Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort andmove to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her from far-off places whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and to keep hope alive on the home front.
language: English
title: Willow Run
titlecomplete: Willow Run
characters: Meggie Dillon, Eddie Dillon
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Chapter Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 1017
places: Willow Run, Michigan
series: Lily's Crossing
publisher: Yearling