Dave Dawson at Dunkirk Paperback – February 19, 2016

These Dave Dawson books ("at Dunkirk and "with the RAF) were left strategically around my parents' home when I was in grammar school and began to read.,They knew I was hooked on WWII airplanes and piloting, so they gave me novels about what I was interested in at a grammar school level, I gobbled them up, since I was a child during WWII, and was (and still am) mentally locked into WWII and the valiant and honorable performance of our citizen warriors, including my Uncle Frank who flew P-47's and P-51's in Europe and my Uncle Click who piloted an A-26 in the Pacific theater.Having recently reread this and "Dave Dawson with the R.A.F" I find the protagonists as squared away, patriotic, brave, and clean-cut as they had lingered in my memory over the many decades since I first met them. I wholeheartedly recommend these for any grammar and middle school children for several reasons: (1) these boys exude pure-minded, noble, and brave-hearted patriotism in the context of WWII in Europe (before the US entered the war); (2) they provide an excellent history lesson on the beginnings of WWII in Europe. Subsequent books in the series take them to Asia (which never read); (3) these books taught me that I could enjoy stories in novels like I never could experience in a 1.5 hour movie. Just because such values are archaic in today's world, I think these books would give grammar schoolers a solid boost in their character development. Just my opinion, of course, but you can bet my grandchildren (boys and girls) will get copies of these novels (on, perhaps with a, Kindle) when they get to 2nd grade..

I love this book a fake but seemingly reel story of courage a must get for yourself or your children.Edit: My 11-year old son, not the world's most prodigious reader, loved this book and wrote the above review (I will be working with him on his spelling...). He finished the book in two days using a Kindle Fire with "text-to-speech" turned on. FWIW, he also read every word as it was being read to him. I read these books when I was about his age -- they were handed down to me by my father. I looked online when I saw the copyright was 1941 and decided a newer version might be good for my son, hence the search and find for the Kindle edition.Thank you to the Volunteers who converted this book!

This is the first "real" novel I ever read. I came across the Dave Dawson series while I was in the 4th grade but, I enjoyed re-reading it.

Good intro series for young adults interested in WW2 history. Dave Duncan gets everywhere and does everything in a sufficiently plausible way that does not distract from mostly valid representations of actual battles.

It was inspirational for even one well in to his eighties. A bit of the more than can believable, but OK.

This is a work of fiction but it helped me understand the events leading up to the fall of Paris.

I had read bowens books at a much younger age. Outstanding then outstanding now. What a wonderful pleasure to revisit these classics

Good writing! Keeps the reader in suspense from start to finish. Things were sure different during the ware years. And how!

My brother in law who turned 81 this year remembered this series of books which came out after WW2. They're written for teenage boys and there's a whole series of them. So we bought it for him to reminisce. My husband read it first and really enjoyed it. Probably not as relevant for a teenage boy now but good writing.