The Night Flyers

An American Girl History Mystery

By: Elizabeth Davis Jones

Narrated by: Stina Nielsen

Winner of the Edgar Award: When her homing pigeons disappear while her father is fighting in World War I, a twelve-year-old girl suspects a German spy may be responsible

With her father in France, fighting in the war, Pam Lowder has the responsibility of taking care of the family’s prize-winning homing pigeons on their farm. The birds are special because her father trained them to fly at night so they can bring messages to his family when he’s not there. And now a stranger with a foreign accent has shown up in Currituck with an offer to buy the whole lot.

But Pam isn’t interested in selling. She loves the pigeons and would much rather spend time with them than go to school. Then she wakes up one morning to find some pigeons missing. After the disappearance of Caspian, her favorite, the plucky pigeoneer sets a plan in motion to catch the thief. She has a pretty good idea who it is. But how is she supposed to rescue her pigeons and outwit a German spy?

©1999 Pleasant Company (P)2003 Recorded Books

Courageous Characters

The story is well written. The historic setting lends mystery and intrigue, while being family friendly. I'm looking for more from this author.

What stood out the most was when she was charged getting her birds

I love this book the only thing I don’t like about it is that it is very long but it is worth a lot of ar point and I would read this again it is very good and I think it’s worth the long read.