Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #12)

Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: Above the Trenches, A WWI Flying Ace Tale by Nathan Hale (the author, not the spy) is about World War One flying aces and it’s super cool.

Did you know that American pilots in WWI flew for the French military? They did! A flying ace is a pilot that has five confirmed kills. These American flying aces flew as a volunteer squadron, flying for the Lafayette Escadrille. We learned all about that and more, such as how they joined the squadron, where they learned to fly, and their fates in the skies.

In this story, all the people are animals because it’s a confusing war because there’s a lot of people, so the people are represented by their national animal. Just so readers are prepared for that! There are some funny bits, like in all Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, like at the training grounds and at the aerodrome. But there’s a lot of history too, told in the silly, fun way of all Nathan Hale books. I hope other readers love this book and learn as much as I did!