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Nadia of the Night Witches
Author: Tom Townsend

Nadia Of The Night Witches is an action-packed story of courage, determination and romance, it is the story of young women at war in unprecedented aerial combat during World War II. There is dramatic fighting action, superb story line and character development. Although the book is a work of historical fiction, the Night Witches were very real. ... more »Following the German invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941, the Soviet Government authorized the formation of three squadrons of female pilots. One of these, the 588th Night Bomber Squadron, became known as the Night Witches. Equipped with obsolete, open-cockpit biplanes built in the 1920's, they flew some of the most daring combat missions of World War Two. During the past half-century of Cold War, their story has, for the most part, remained untold outside of the Soviet Union. 17-year-old Nadia Tarachinko has just graduated from flight school and for whatever short time she believes she has left to her life before being killed by the advancing Germans, she would kill Germans-nothing else mattered. The action begins immediately. In a flashback we see Nadia's family farm being bombed, her family being killed and a near crazed and bloodied Nadia being rescued from two German soldiers by Lilly, who swoops out of the air in a PO-2 and flies the girl, sitting on the body of her bloodied and dead back-cockpit navigator, to the safety of the Night Witches base. Missions, battles and innermost thoughts of the fighting young women play from the pages. Although this is Nadia's story, it is also a riviting look at patriotism and love and war through the eyes of young women at war. Wartime, a time when those in battle are afraid to care for anyone because death is so emminent. Yet, Townsend shows us love in various combinations: Lilly and Nadia (both Night Witches pilots); Shenya (Nadia's navigator) and Nicholai (a Russian flight captain); Nadia and Misha ( a tank command sargeant), and the Night Witches barracks (all ranks) compassion for a surviving young German boy who they are determined to keep incognito and hand off to the safety of the Allied forces as soon as they can at war's end. This is the time of Stalin and Mother Russia and The Young Communists League. All Russians fought. The open-cockpit PO-2 biplane was simple enough for peasant girls to fly, and cheap to build and repair. And, training women for air battle freed up the men to fly the more important missions of the Great Patriotic War. Nadia Of The Night Wicthes is dedicated to the memory of all those pioneer women, both Allied and Axis, who flew military aircraft in World War II. Novel Type: Historical Adventure Primary Audience: Girls & Boys Interest Level: 10 yrs & up; Grade 5 & up Author Style: Narrative Mood: Mixed

ISBN-13: 9780880922739
ISBN-10: 0880922737
Publication Date: 6/1/1998
Pages: 153
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Royal Fireworks Publishing Company
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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Children's Books >> History >> Historical Fiction >> Military & Wars
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