It’s the early 1900s and Edward Setten is growing up in the prairies fascinated by his uncle, who is one of the very first people in Canada to pilot a plane. Despite his mother’s protests, Edward learns to fly and, when war breaks out, joins the Royal Flying Corps. In this fast-paced and gripping novel, Edward’s coming of age takes place in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

• ISBN: 9780385678308
• Published: 2014 , Doubleday Canada
• Themes: air pilot, Coming of age, Military and wars, World War I
• Descriptors: Canada, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)