Willow Run

I live just a few miles from the real-life Willow Run Plant, so this book has special meaning for me just for that. Add to that the fact that while I was reading it, I learned that the plant had just been scheduled for demolition. So this book has very special meaning to me even before reading it. Bu......more

It is the summer of 1944 in Rockaway, New York and twelve year old Meggie Dillon's older brother Eddie is in the army and fighting somewhere in Europe. Meggie spends much of her time doing things with her German-born Grandpa, even though he sometimes annoys with her by always calling her Margaret, n......more

(3.5) Sweet, but too brief. This felt as if it were a bit of a sprawling short story to me; it was missing some dynamics and flesh of a novel. From other reviews, I understand it's a companion book to Lily's Crossing, so I suppose my reading list has now gotten bigger. I do get the sense that this i......more

Meggie and her family move to Willow Run, MI from Rockaway Beach where her parents work in a bomber factory. Her brother, Eddie joined up and is M.I.A. after Normandy. She makes new friends, and realizes that while this is a worse situation for her, it's a better situation for others. This is really......more