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Reader reviewed by Bookworm9

Ellen is a fourteen year old Canadian girl frustrated by her father's views about a young woman's place. Stephen is a sixteen year old English boy who lied about his age to join the RAF during World War II, and is now facing doubts about his own courage. The two meet and form a friendship and, eventually, a romantic relationship.

This story goes in depth historically without becoming dry. It doesn't take the typical teen romance path, and avoids sentimentality. The characters are realistic, if not quite breathtakingly real. It's a quality piece of historical fiction.