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Among the Red Stars

by Gwen C. Katz

Ages: 14+

Published: 2017

Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-264274-5

Keywords: World War II, Epistolary novels

When the Germans try to invade the Soviet Union in 1941, Valka, 18, joins other women pilots known as Night Witches to fight for her country.