Award-winning author Richard Peck tells the story of life on the home-front during World War II
Davy's older brother Bill is training as an Air Force pilot and is then sent to fight the battles of World War II. Davy is left at home in a town that suddenly seems occupied entirely by kids and old people. But his father, a veteran of World War I, is at home, running a gas station, and Davy clings to any insights he can get from his larger-than-life Dad. Davy also wants to help out the war effort in any way that he can. There's lots of paper and metal-collecting to do, through which Davy and his best friend meet some particularly quirky old folks. But everything changes when Bill goes missing in action. Davy wonders if life will ever return to normal.
What was it like being a small-town kid during WWII? In episodic chapters, Peck answers this through the eyes of Davy, whose brother is in the Air Force. Rich in the details of ration books, air-raid drills, scrap metal collection, and the constant fear of a telegramâ this book has the feel of sitting on a back porch listening to a good family yarn. Lincoln Hoppe reads in a warm, inviting voice at a leisurely pace that is mostly just right, although there are moments when the pace seems sluggish. He does an especially fine job capturing the poignancy of the evolving father-son relationship. Light in tone, this story has unexpectedly deep currents. E.S. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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