Author:
Makos, Adam, author.
Edition Statement:Young readers edition ; first Ember edition.
ImprintNew York : Ember, 2022.
Descriptionxiii, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Note:"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
Note:Ghosts and shadows -- The lesson of a lifetime -- Swimming with snakes -- The woods -- The Renaissance man -- This Is flying -- So far, so fast -- The ring -- The pond -- One for the vultures -- A time for faith -- A deadly business -- A knock in the night -- The dancing fleet -- The reunion -- Only in France -- The friendly invasion -- At first sight -- On waves to war -- The longest step -- The last night in America -- The beast in the gorge -- Into the fog -- This is it -- Trust -- He might be a flyer -- Home -- The first battle of World War III -- The sky will be black -- A chill in the night -- A taste of the dirt -- When the deer come running -- Backs to the wall -- The Lost Legion -- Burning the woods -- Into Hell together -- All the faith in the world -- Finality -- With deep regret -- To the finish -- The gift -- The call from the Capital -- The message -- Afterword.
Target AudienceAges 12 up Delacorte Press.
Note:"A young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that details the true story of two Navy pilots from divergent racial and economic backgrounds who forge a deep friendship during the Korean War as they face extraordinary circumstances." --Amazon.com.
Note:Makos tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the Navy's first black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn't even serve him in a bar. Go into the cockpit as these bold young aviators cut their teeth at the world's most dangerous job- landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. --Adapted from jacket, regular print edition.
