David & the mighty eighth
By: Marjorie Hodgson Parker ; illustrated by Mark Postlethwaite.
Contributors: Postlethwaite, Mark, 1964- ill.
Publisher: Bright Sky Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albany, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781931721936
Subjects: United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 8th -- Juvenile fiction.; United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 8th -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Great Britain -- Fiction.; War -- Fiction.; Friendship -- Fiction.; East Anglia (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.; Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Other titles: David and the mighty eight
Description: When, during the London Blitz, he and his older sister are evacuated to go live on their grandparents' East Anglia farm, a young English boy finds it difficult to adjust to his new life until the arrival of the pilots and crews of the U.S. Eight Air Force at nearby airfields brings excitement, friendship, and hope for the future.