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A Thousand Sisters

The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

A Thousand Sisters( )
Author: Wein, Elizabeth
ISBN:978-0-06-245303-7
Publication Date:Jan 2020
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Balzer & Bray
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $10.99
Book Description:

Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist!

The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War II--from Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name Verity

In the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment--nicknamed the...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.11 Inches
Book Weight:1.16 Pounds
Author Biography
Wein, Elizabeth (Author)
Elizabeth Wein was born in New York City in 1964. She went to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she earned a PhD in Folklore and held a Javits Fellowship.

Elizabeth Wein first five books for young adults are set in Arthurian Britain and sixth century Ethiopia. The Mark of Solomon, was published in two parts as The Lion Hunter (2007) and The Empty Kingdom (2008). The Lion Hunter was short-listed for the Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2008.

Elizabeth's novel for teens, Code Name Verity, published by Egmont UK, Disney-Hyperion and Doubleday Canada in 2012, is a World War II thriller in which two young girls, one a Resistance spy and the other a transport pilot, become unlikely best friends. Code Name Verity has received widespread critical acclaim including being shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, it is a Michael Printz Award Honor Book, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards Honor Book, and an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Book. It is also a New York Times Bestseller in young adult fiction. She is also the author of Black Dove, White Raven.

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