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215 pp.
| Scholastic |
April, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-68298-5$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-545-68311-1
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YA
Sixteen-year-old pilot Valentina longs to be a Night Witch--female pilots in the Soviet Union's 588th Regiment--like her older sister, but she's too young to enlist. After their mother is killed, Valya finds herself alone in war-torn Stalingrad and thrust into battle. Tactical descriptions and historical background sometimes stall the action, but WWII-fiction fans won't mind.