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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Delacorte Pr
Publication date June 1, 2004
Pages 321
Binding Hardcover
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780385730860
ISBN-10 0385730861
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight 1.05 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $15.95
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Fleeing from his abusive parents during World War II, sixteen-year-old Kak enlists in the Canadian Air Force and is sent on a special mission aboard a plane called B for Buster, where he discovers the truth about war and forms an unlikely friendship.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Nicknamed after his hometown of Kakabeka, Canada, Kak dreams of flying with the Allied bombers in World War II. So at 16, underage and desperate to escape his abusive parents, he enlists in the Canadian Air Force. Soon he is trained as a wireless operator and sent to a squadron in England, where he’s unabashedly gung ho about flying his first op. He thinks the night ops over Germany will be like the heroic missions of his favorite comic-book heroes. Good will vanquish evil. But his first time out, in a plane called B for Buster, reveals the ops for what they really are—a harrowing ordeal.

The bombing raids bring searchlights . . . artillery from below . . . and night fighters above hunting to take the bombers down. One hit, Kak knows, and B for Buster, along with him and his six crewmates, could be destroyed.

Kak is terrified.

He can’t confide his feelings to his crew, since he’s already worried that they’ll find out his age. Besides, none of them seem afraid. Only in Bert, the slovenly caretaker of the homing pigeons that go on every op, does Kak find an unlikely friend. Bert seems to understand what the other men don’t talk about—the shame, the sense of duty, and the paralyzing fear. As Kak seeks out Bert’s company, he somehow finds the strength to face his own uncertain future.

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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780385730860
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Delacorte Pr (June 1, 2004)
9780385730860 | details & prices | 321 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 1.05 lbs | List price $15.95
About: In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780440238102
 
Reprint edition from Laurel Leaf (January 10, 2006)
9780440238102 | details & prices | 321 pages | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.36 lbs | List price $5.99
About: In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.
Library
Book cover for 9780385901086
 
from Delacorte Pr (June 1, 2004)
9780385901086 | details & prices | 321 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 1.05 lbs | List price $17.99
About: In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781417769162
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 18, 2008)
9781435248632 | details & prices | 321 pages | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.46 lbs | List price $14.99
About: Nicknamed after his hometown of Kakabeka, Canada, Kak dreams of flying with the Allied bombers in World War II.
from Turtleback Books (January 10, 2006)
9781417769162 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.55 lbs | List price $16.00
About: In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.

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