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McDonough, Yona Zeldis

Courageous: A Novel of Dunkirk

177 pp. | Scholastic | November, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-338-22685-0 $16.99
(3) 4-6 British twelve-year-olds Aidan and Sally take Aidan's father's fishing boat and join the brigade of small civilian boats traversing the English Channel to save Allied soldiers trapped in Dunkirk. One of Aidan's brothers has been killed in the war, and another is among the troops he is trying to save. McDonough understatedly yet effectively relates the courage and resilience of the two young protagonists. Timeline. Bib., glos.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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