The New Kid

The New Kid
By Don Patterson
Illustrated by Sonny Schug/Studio West
Edited by Mary Parenteau
Production by Kline/Phoenix Advertising Graphics

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Published in Minneapolis, MN by Rising Star Studios, LLC.

Picture Credits
Many thanks to the following organizations for giving permission to reprint illustrations and text used in the “In Hindsight” section of this book.
The BBC WWII Home Life Interactive exhibit. The Imperial War Museum, London. Additional information courtesy of Alan L. Putland from Remembering the Blitz in 1940.

Publisher's Cataloging-In-Publication Data
(Prepared by The Donohue Group, Inc.)

Patterson, Don, 1961-
The new kid / by Don Patterson ; illustrated by Sonny Schug.

p. : col. ill. ; cm. -- (Tales of the RAF ; bk. 6)

Originally published in 2002 by Hindsight Ltd.

Summary: Twelve-year-old Harry Winslow wants to help his pilot friends by joining the RAF. When a new pilot replaces an injured Lt. Tate, Harry and his friends recognize Danny Fitch and know he is only 15 years old. Can Harry use Danny's age to convince his mother to give permission for him to enlist in the RAF?

Interest age level: 007-010.

ISBN: 978-1-936770-17-5 (epub)

1. Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Juvenile fiction. 2. Fighter pilots--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction. 3. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction. 4. Great Britain. Royal Air Force--Fiction. 5. Fighter pilots--Great Britain--Fiction. 6. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain--Fiction. I. Schug, Sonny. II. Title. III. Series: Patterson, Don, 1961- Tales of the RAF ; bk. 6.

PZ7.P3884 Ne 2010
[Fic] 2009942885