It's totally up my alley. Start by marking “Night Witches” as Want to Read: Error rating book. It is written for the younger generation, so being old I did wish that sometimes Kathryn Lasky had gone into more details. Terribly paced with jumps in scenes that make no sense. Dubbed the Night Witches because that's the time when they flew their missions, these women made a real difference in the direction the war was taking. Impressive book. After her mother was killed by a Nazi sniper, Valentina Petrovna Baskova, or Valya, 16, sees no reason for not joining her sister Tatyana as a Night Witch, a fighter pilot with the 588th Regiment. She’s a pilot who’s always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. This novel followed the early lives of Matthew de Clermont and his soon to be son, Marcus MacNeil during the American Revolution. It was basically written as "and then, and then, and then". Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. When her mother is killed, her desire to follow in her older sister's footsteps is ever stronger, and Valya will do anything to join her. These women … Night Witches: The Female Pilots Who Terrified The Nazis. Scholastic, MARCH 2017. It 1941, and the Nazi have just begun Operation Barbarossa, their invasion of Russia. • In 1974, the Soviet film Only Old Men Are Going to Battle featured two Night Witches as love interests of the main characters. There were glimmers of lovely prose through out, but not enough to elevate the rest of the book. After a sniper, a former classmate, helps her steal a plane, she joins the other female flyers and quickly proves her worth. Peter Pan? I read this thinking about getting it at work; I don't know what I think about that. The narrator of this story is a Nazi, and there are multiple scenes of Nazis torturing a Night Witch who was captured. They have a certain dynamism and narrative drive, of course, but his shtick, of trying to force a full drama out of a mere incident of war (if you can call what is often a real soldier's experience an incident) doesn't always provide for a brilliant read. A couple of things jarred, and again, I wasn’t able to find evidence that they were mistakes, but 1) a joking reference to playing “water-polo in high school.” Did they play that sport in secondary schools in the late ‘30s, early ‘40s? To me, Garth Ennis' war comics have always been a little hit and miss. To surprise their targets they would cut their engines and glide in from 7km out. Night Witches I am a daughter. Set in World War 2 and following a group of female aviators who fly at night. Welcome back. “Anna: I've never understood all this devotion. Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. Night Witches. Valya wants to fly but is held back by her mother, until she is killed before her eyes. Like all night bomber units they will risk fiery death flying obsolete biplanes against the invader--but unlike the rest these pilots and navigators are women. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. I wanted more depth and grit. The story focuses on sixteen-year-old Valentina Baskova whose father has taught her how to fly. Book Details: Night Witches by Kathryn Lasky New York: Scholastic Press 2017 211 pp. Add to Wishlist. Also, I recommend this book to middle schoolers and high schoolers, The book is interesting to read a female side of WWII, and one from Russia. Buy As Gift. You follow Valya as she finds her way to become a Night Witch. While her home of Stalingrad suffers under a siege by the Germans, Valya desperately wishes that she was old enough to fly missions like her older sister, Tatyana. The only thing I came away with from this story was that everyone hated the Night Witches and disrespected them constantly, even their own comrades. Valya must stay with her mother and grandmother in Stalingrad as the bombs fall and the snipers kill citizens. 121 writers online. If they succeed, they'll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. Also, the many references to music throughout (her mother teaches violin) seem a bit forced. Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. They would fly slow biplanes so low that they did not have parachutes. A fast-paced, action-packed historical fiction story told by 16-year old Valya who yearns to be part of the war effort flying like her brave older sister instead of being stuck at home. They have a certain dynamism and narrative drive, of course, but his shtick, of trying to force a full drama out of a mere incident of war (if you can call what is often a real soldier's experience an incident) doesn't always provide for a brilliant read. Her father, a pilot, hasn't been heard from since he left to fight, and is MIA. A group that got attention in Myles' book was The Night Witches. Her sister, Tatyana , is a Night witch, girls and women who fly in the night and drop bombs on Nazi fuel depots. … In this book, Valya was taught to fly from her father, a pilot, before the way ever starts. I very much recommend this gem to anyone interested in learning more of the "old ways". There are more scenes of men talking crap about the Night Witches amongst themselves than there are scenes of the actual Night Witches. This work would be so much more valuable if a bibliography for further reading or other backmatter were included. Elayne. Watch later. 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