![]() ![]() Chamant, Johnny (now known as Jean) finds a German soldier’s recently-abandoned back pack in the ruins of the family home containing a pistol inside. While Paul and Johnny are traveling by train to the village, the boy sees the suspicious man from the park. Fischfasse but later learns that he also calls himself Mr. While the Littlehorns are in Paris, strange things begin to happen when a man whom he meets in a park near their hotel seeks to use Johnny as a tool to buy the Langres estate. As an added bonus, one of the specialists who would be qualified to treat Johnny’s leg is in Paris. Chamant in the mountains of France with his mother’s younger brother, his eccentric uncle Paul Langres, who is trying to build an avion or non-motorized airplane to make enough money to restore the Langres estate which had been burned by the Nazis. Littleton returns to announce that he has been asked to continue with the army in Europe as a liaison, so Johnny will be going to spend the summer recuperating at the little village of St. While helping his mother take care of the ranch in his father’s absence, Johnny’s leg is seriously injured in an accident. Twelve year old Johnny Littlehorn lives on a ranch in Wyoming with his father Richard, who has been away for three years as a soldier in World War II, and his mother Yvonne, who is originally from France. The Avion My Uncle Flew (published in 1946 by Peter Lunn, now Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson St., New York City, NY 10014 republished in 1993 by Scholastic Inc., 730 Broadway, New York City, NY 10003). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.įor more information e-mail Cyrus. Any books donated to Home School Book Review for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. (5 stars=EXCELLENT 4 stars=GOOD 3 stars=FAIR 2 stars=POOR 1 star=VERY POOR no stars=NOT RECOMMENDED)ĭisclosure: Many publishers, literary agents, and/or authors provide free copies of their books in exchange for an honest review without requiring a positive opinion. (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing and/or profanity 4=a lot of cursing and/or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity) Publisher Puffin Books, republished 1993: ![]()
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