The Rookie: : The Eighth Air Force, Volume Three - Paperback

by Cheryl Pula (Author)

This is the third in the series of action-packed novels written by Cheryl Pula. These are exciting, spell-binding books about the young men who served in WWII in the Eighth Air Force. While the books are fictional, every story within is based on a true story that Cheryl obtained after extensive interviews with actual vets from WWII. Each of the eight books in the series follows the timeline of the actual war, providing readers with a unique insight into what life was like during World War II. You can obtain all eight books now and "binge read" to your heart' s content. Each book in the series ends with a cliffhanger, leaving readers wondering if any of our heroes will survive. BOOK REVIEW: Cheryl Pula has done it again. This is the third in her series about the Eigth Air Force. Beginning with her first book in the series she has continued to paint excellent pictures that give us a glimpse of what these men and women went through during World War II. The discriptions of the scenes of war leave you on the edge of your seat while the building of the characters makes you feel you know and care about them. You need to start with Book One and read through them all to get the full impact and to get to know the characters. I anxiously await the release of Book Four. BOOK REVIEW: I recently finished Pula's third volume, "The Rookie", and had the urge to review. So here goes Once again, book three of Pula's series resumes the experiences of the men of the PRETTY BABY, a B-17 heavy bomber from the 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) engaged in routine, and often deadly, daring daylight bombing raids into Axis territory in Europe from Bassingbourn, England during 1943. This volume covers the events from July 15 to September 19, 1943 and the book begins by resolving the cliffhanger from book two: Did the FULL HOUSE's new rookie Bombardier, Jesse Nowakowski, succeed in completing his bomb run as Lead Bombardier on his very first combat mission with his crew? Well, I'm not gonna tell You'll have to read it yourself and find out.

Author Biography

A native of New York Mills, New York, Cheryl Pula is a retired Reference Librarian with a degree in B.S. degree in Russian Language with a minor in German and received a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Though officially retired in August 2011, she now works parttime at the New York Mills Public Library in New York Mills, NY. In 1988, Pula was awarded the New York Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Award. She served on the Board of Trustees of the New York Mills Public Library. Cheryl also teaches for the Mohawk Valley Institute for Learning in Retirement at SUNYIT in Marcy, New York, teaching a variety of historical subjects to retirees who are interested in continuing their education. She has taught courses on unsolved historical mysteries; the American Civil War; World War II; The Titanic and several other topics. Cheryl is the author of Ethnic Utica, published in 1994 by Utica College. With her brother, she is coauthor and co-editor of a book on the Civil War regiments from Oneida County entitled, With Courage and Honor: Oneida County's Role in the Civil War. She is a contributing author, co-editor and served as proofreader for The Polish- American Encyclopedia, published by McFarland Publishers in January 2011. The book has just been chosen as one of the Top Ten outstanding reference books of 2012. For her work on the Encyclopedia, she was awarded the Polish-American Historical Society's Distinguished Achievement Award in January 2012. She is also the author of the series of novels about Eighth Air Force B-17 bomber crews in World War II England. The first book in the series is, The Children's Crusade, was published by Whitehall Publishing. This is the third in the series of eight books. Cheryl is also a national speaker. To learn more about Cheryl Pula or to schedule her to speak at your next event, we invite you to visit her website at: http: //8thmilitary.co