In 1943, nineteen-year-old Jim Yoder is serving in the United States Army Air Corps as a waist gunner flying on a B-24 high above the battlefield. The only thing he misses is the pretty Margo Lace, back home in Elkhart, Indiana. Jim believes he is the master of his fate--until through a series of events he ends up alone, on foot, and on the run across Hitler's Europe. As Jim tries to stay one step ahead of his pursuers to reach Allied soil, he discovers that to survive he will have to trust the God he once rejected. This Christian novel is full of excitement, danger, and realistic details about World War II Europe.
In World War II, nineteen-year-old Jim Yoder is an ocean away from his childhood home in Elkhart, Indiana, and his pretty friend, Margo Lace. He is serving in the United States Army Air Corps as a waist gunner aboard a B-24 high above the battlefield. Through an unexpected chain of events, Jim suddenly finds himself alone, on the ground, and trapped in Hitler’s Germany. As Jim makes a run across Nazi-controlled Europe to reach the safety of Allied soil, he discovers that to survive he needs to trust the God he once rejected. This Christian fiction book is full of excitement, danger, and realistic details about World War II Europe. Written for young adults, but a good read for anyone interested in WWII history.