Garland’s narration then goes back in time to tell how they came to be in the camp.

He is currently in a POW camp attending to a patient Theo Trickey. As Garland slowly nurses him back to health, he discovers that there's much that is unusual about Trickey, starting with a chance meeting he had with Erwin Rommel before the War.įrom the bestselling author of Under an English Heaven, Airborne is the first in an unforgettable trilogy that tells the story of a young soldier, of a new regiment and how, together, they altered the course of a war.Īirborne is the first in a trilogy set during WWII.Ĭaptain Daniel Garland, doctor to the 11th Battalion, narrates the story in 1st person. Under the care of Medical Officer Captain Daniel Garland, Trickey is shipped to Germany as a Prisoner of War. Among their number is Theo Trickey, a young paratrooper so dreadfully injured he is not expected to survive.

In what will become known as the Battle of Arnhem, half of them will fall as casualties of war. I'd only hesitate with very young children because of the deaths, and the pirates may be scary for them.The story of the Second World War as seen through the eyes of an extraordinary young man in quite extraordinary circumstances.ġ7 September 1944: the Allies have launched the largest airborne offensive in history, delivering 36,000 troops by parachute and glider to the Dutch-German Border. I think this would be a great book to read to kids that were not old enough to read it themselves.

For parents - There wasn't anything in it to give parents pause - except for a few deaths in the battles with the pirates - a couple good guys, a few bad guys, but although there were sad deaths (the good guys) nothing was too graphic. The protagonist, 15 year old Matt, is likable, responsible, honest and the story is well written. I wouldn't assume girls wouldn't like this one. It might appear to be more of a 'boy book', but there is a main character who is a girl, so there's someone girls can relate to, and a bit of wholesome romance. It takes place in an alternate history of our world - so it may be classified as fantasy, but it is not really a fantasy story - it's an adventure story. Airborn is about a cabin boy on an passenger air ship.

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