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    B for Buster
    B for Buster
    B for Buster
    Audiobook8 hours

    B for Buster

    Written by Iain Lawrence

    Narrated by Jeff Woodman

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    About this audiobook

    Iain Lawrence is the best-selling author of such heralded books for young readers as Lord of the Nutcracker Men, which broached the complicated subject of human experience in war. His novels have been chosen as Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal on more than one occasion. Lawrence again contemplates war in this novel set in 1943 England. Sixteen-year-old Kak escaped his abusive family in Canada to join the Canadian Air Force. Now a crewman aboard a night-flying bomber bound for Germany, Kak learns of the terror and violence of war firsthand.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 15, 2013
    ISBN9781470355913
    B for Buster

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    • 5/5
      In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, escapes his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and goes to England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.Kak is frowned upon as a loner but gains the respect of his crew and Bert, who trains the pigeons, when his pigeon is put to the test of guiding them home in the fog. On his last mission, he is shot down and taken as a prisoner of war in Germany.
    • 4/5
      About a 16 year old boy who steals his older brother's identity in order to enlist as an Air Force Bomber in World War II.I loved the plot and ending of this book, and how realistic it was. As always, Iain Lawrence writes amazing, tense fiction.However, I really didn't like any of the characters. They never seemed all that well written or realistic, and the main character, Kak, is pretty annoying.Besides my dislike of the characters, though, a pretty good book.
    • 5/5
      In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, escapes his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and goes to England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.Kak is frowned upon as a loner but gains the respect of his crew and Bert, who trains the pigeons, when his pigeon is put to the test of guiding them home in the fog. On his last mission, he is shot down and taken as a prisoner of war in Germany.
    • 5/5
      This book tells of a tale of a Canadian farm boy and how he escapes his horrible parents to join the Canadian Air Force. The book follows him through terrifying night raids on cities all across Germany, and his good friends who help him through it. This book runs up to a close second to All Quiet on the Western Front in my book.