Blue Skies by Anne Bustard, 218 pages. Simon and Schuster, 2020. $18.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G: Violence: G. .
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Eleven-year-old Glory Bea is excited for the Friendship Train that is making it’s way across America to Texas because there is an advertised surprise coming on the train. Glory Bea is convinced that the Friendship Train surprise will be her father who was “lost” on Omaha Beach. As Glory Bea prepares for her father’s return, she is upset that her father’s best friend from the war is courting her mother and hopes that the train comes soon.
Although the storyline is predictable, Glory Bea is an endearing character. Her grandparents, mother, friends and even her father’s war buddy all support her throughout the book. Even though I could see the end coming, I cried like a baby. A feel-good read for your middle readers.
Reviewer, C. Peterson
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