Firebird
Published on 16. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4549-6272-4 (ISBN)
Description
A super-readable and accessible historical-fiction young adult novel set in Russia during World War II.
Daughter. Pilot. Traitor? Nastia is no traitor. She is a fearless pilot, the daughter of revolutionaries, and now, as the Second World War descends on Russia, she must fight alongside her male peers to defend the glorious Motherland. But all is not as it seems.
As Hitler's army moves forward and the battles begin, secrets are revealed and everything that Nastia once knew is challenged.
Union Square & Co.’s Everyone Can Be a Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.
Daughter. Pilot. Traitor? Nastia is no traitor. She is a fearless pilot, the daughter of revolutionaries, and now, as the Second World War descends on Russia, she must fight alongside her male peers to defend the glorious Motherland. But all is not as it seems.
As Hitler's army moves forward and the battles begin, secrets are revealed and everything that Nastia once knew is challenged.
Union Square & Co.’s Everyone Can Be a Reader books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.
More details
Series
Edition
High Readability ed.
Language
English
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4549-6272-4 (9781454962724)
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Person
Elizabeth Wein was born in New York and grew up in England, Jamaica, and Pennsylvania. She holds American and British citizenship and has lived in Perth, Scotland, since 2000, where she earned her private pilot's license. Flight inspires her fiction, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Code Name Verity.