Corps Of The Bare-Boned Plane by Polly Horvath

When an accident leaves teenage cousins Meline and Jocelyn parentless, they come to live with their unknown and eccentric Uncle Marten on his private island.

They soon discover that the island has a history as tragic as their own: it was once an air force training camp, led by a mad commander whose crazed plan to train pilots to fly airplanes without instruments sent eleven pilots to their deaths.

Discussion Questions:

3 This book talks about grief and how we all handle it differently. For you, what was unique about the setting of this book and how did it enhance or take away from the story?

3 Do the characters seem real and believable?

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Daughter of War by Marsha Skrypuch

“Daughter of War” is a story of the children of a holocaust. Teenagers Kevork and his betrothed Marta are the lucky ones. They have managed so far to survive the Armenian genocide in Turkey, and both are disguised as Muslims. But Marta is still in Turkey, pregnant with another man's child. And Kevork is living as an Arab in Syria.Kevork yearns to get back into Turkey and search for Marta, but with the war raging and the genocide still in progress, the journey will be impossibly dangerous. Meanwhile, Marta worries that even if Kevork has survived and they are reunited, will he be able to accept what she has become? And what has happened to her sister, Mariam, who was sold as a slave to the highest bidder?

Daughter of War is a gripping story of enduring love and loyalty set against the horrors of Turkey during World War I.

There will be no discussion of this book, but please check out the following links and read about the real Armenian Holocaust and the life of the author, and how she got to be an author. You may relate to how she felt in high school.

3The Armenian massacres are true and actual occurrences, but this novel is a work of fiction.

3Marsha Skrypuch has led a very interesting life and is the author of many books for children and teens. If you enjoyed Daughter of War as much as I did, check out her life story.