Piper Reed, Navy Brat

by Kimberly Willis Holt and Debbie Macomber

Book Overview

Based on her own childhood experience, Kimberly Willis Holt's Piper Reed, Navy Brat portrays the life of a Navy family with warmth and humor.

It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet Piper Reed, a spunky nine-year-old who has moved more times than she can count on one hand. From Texas to Guam, wherever Piper goes, adventure follows, inspired by her active imagination, free-wheeling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312625480
• ISBN13: 9780312625481
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Square Fish
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

A Sensational Soaring Story!

I just finished reading this book to my 2nd grade students. They absolutely loved the book. We also did a quick extension and looked up the "Blue Angels" on line. It was fascinating and exciting to visit the"Blue Angels" website. The students really liked hearing and seeing the jets perform on line. As a teacher, I loved the descriptive writing style. "The stars became glitter sprinkled across black velvet." We highly recommend this book!

Pipe Up For The Military

Piper Reed is a Navy Brat whose father is an enlisted Chief. His latest assignment will move the family to Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels. Once again, Piper packs up her world and adjusts to a new home. With each move, there are always losses, but new opportunities and maybe even a new vision. A military kid can certainly relate to the young characters and the constant angst created by each move and deployment. It gave a familiar feel as Piper and her family get to know the new base and life on it. Holt does an excellent job in showing the family unity, despite typical sibling rifts, that a military family must maintain to be successful. As in real life, the Blue Angels certainly always accomplish their public relations impact. The respect and appreciation by the public, however, for the average military family is not the same as the Blue Angels teams enjoy. I think the author tries to infer this difference in the comment about enlisted vs. officer housing. I'd love to hope a little book like this could develop a sense of appreciation for all military families - their sacrificial living, the constant absences and impact on the children.

Pipe Up For The Military

Piper Reed is a Navy Brat whose father is an enlisted Chief. His latest assignment will move the family to Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels. Once again, Piper packs up her world and adjusts to a new home. With each move, there are always losses, but new opportunities and maybe even a new vision. A military kid can certainly relate to the young characters and the constant angst created by each move and deployment. It gave a familiar feel as Piper and her family get to know the new base and life on it. Holt does an excellent job in showing the family unity, despite typical sibling rifts, that a military family must maintain to be successful. As in real life, the Blue Angels certainly always accomplish their public relations impact. The respect and appreciation by the public, however, for the average military family is not the same as the Blue Angels teams enjoy. I think the author tries to infer this difference in the comment about enlisted vs. officer housing. (My son is a young submarine officer from the Naval Academy.) I'd love to hope a little book like this could develop a sense of appreciation for all military families - their sacrificial living, the constant absences and impact on the children.

Great for kids

My daughter absolutely loved this book! She could relate to Piper so well, she is 8, Piper is 9, her daddy is a chief, so is Piper's, and Piper is moving to Pensacola or Pepsi-Cola, we live in Pensacola. This was the first book that my daughter actually sat down and read all the way through in a matter of a few days; she didn't want to go out and play, play vidoe games, or watch T.V., she just wanted to read about Piper. I highly recomend this book to/for all "Navy Brats!"