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Just 19-years-old, Henry Forester is the youngest pilot in his Air Force squadron. Still, he’s one of the best fliers, facing Hitler's Luftwaffe in the skies above France. But when his plane is shot down on a mission behind enemy lines, Henry finds himself on a whole new battleground. Wounded, hungry, and afraid, he struggles toward freedom on foot, relying on the kindness and cunning of the French Resistance to reach the next town alive. Each day brings him nearer to home and closer to danger. Yet even as Henry struggles for his own survival in a hostile country, he quickly grows to realize the great peril that surrounds all the French people, and to admire the strength and determination of the freedom fighters who risk death to protect him. Gripping, suspenseful, and achingly true, this thought-provoking novel explores the heartbreak of war, the strength of the human spirit, and one young man’s struggle to regain and protect the people he loves.
Under a War-Torn Sky is the focus of a book club for Louisburg Middle School students. It is a work of fiction that contains elements of what Louis Zamperini went through in Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.