TY - BOOK AU - Eldridge, Jim, TI - Second World War stories for boys SN - 9781407132273 (pbk.) U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Scholastic Children's Books KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Children and war KW - Historical fiction N1 - Deadly skies -- Tank attack -- Behind enemy lines N2 - These thrilling wartime adventures transport the reader to the heat of battle. Deadly Skies sees John Smith, Spitfire pilot, in the throes of the Battle of Britain. Tank Attack takes the action to the deserts of North Africa as John witnesses the Battle of El Alamein from behind a tank. Behind Enemy Lines takes us forward to 1943 to the jungles of South-East Asia, as John undertakes a dangerous commando mission. Riveting fictionalized accounts, packed with historical detail, give a new immediacy to WWII that will enthral young male readers ER -