Missing

by Frances Itani

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

428.6

Description

Fiction. Literature. HTML: This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Missing is based on a true story. Luc Caron lives in northern France during World War I. One day, he sees three airplanes fighting in the sky. Luc watches in horror as a plane flips over and the pilot falls to his death. Luc is the only witness. The Greenwoods own an apple farm in Canada. Their son, a pilot, has been missing for 11 years. In 1928, they receive a package from England. The package contains a letter and three objects found at the site of a plane crash. How is the mystery of the missing pilot solved, bringing peace to Luc and to the pilot's parents? Lexile level: HL710L.… (more)

Collection

Adult Learning Library

Publication

Grass Roots Press (2020), 80 pages

User reviews

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In France, Luc was 12-years old in 1917 when he saw an air battle between one British and two German planes. The British plane came crashing down and Luc ran towards where the pilot landed. He was only able to notice/discover a few things before Germans shoo-ed him away, but enough to find out the

pilot’s name, nationality (Canadian), and to collect a few souvenirs before heading home. Back in Nova Scotia, Jack Greenway’s parents are worried for their only son who went off to be a pilot in this war.

This is a very good short story. I would have loved for it to be longer, still, to be able to put more detail into the story. This was based on true events. Itani is a very good writer of war stories.

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Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

7.75 inches

ISBN

1926583361 / 9781926583365

Barcode

4819

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