She Flew No Flags

By Joan B. Manley

Book Overview

It's 1944, and ten-year-old Janet Baylor is leaving India with her family to return to the United States after living abroad for seven years.Onboard a troopship, dubbed the U.S.S.You-Know-Who, their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395711304
• ISBN13: 9780395711309
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A book for all ages.

Ten year old Janet Baylor is on a troopship (nicknamed the USS You Know Who) returning to the United States after living in India for 7 years. It is 1944 and the journey is dangerous because they are passing through enemy waters.With her are her mother and father and her 2 brothers, Kevin (16) and Hugh (12). Her father is a doctor and her parents were medical missionaries in India.Based on the author's true life story, we get an idea of what such a voyage was like. Because they are traveling through enemy waters, they have no lights or radio contact and must run a zigzag course to avoid torpedoes.There is a stop in Australia where Italian POW's are transferred and hundreds of wounded are brought on board.Janet and her brothers explore the ship and become friends with some of the crew and also with a beautiful woman named Ann Dobson who is fleeing India and who seems to take an unusual interest in Lee.There are many new experiences in store for them during their 6 week voyage. They learn a lot about themselves and the world around them as some mysteries are solved.Joan Manley also talks a little bit about their first impressions of America and the adjustments that had to be made.This is another example of an enjoyable read (for anyone) from the young adult section.