Author: Michael O. Tunnell
Original Publication Date: 2010
Date I First Read: 2010
Basic Category: Juvenile Nonfiction.
Basic Summary: This is the story of Gail S. Halvorson, the Chocolate Pilot. One day, while landed to deliver supplies to Berlin in the late 1940s, Lt. Halvorson was inspired to give a group of children there at the landing strip two pieces of gum to share. After that, he wondered how he could deliver more treats to the children of Berlin. His fellow pilots donated some of their own candy rations, and from the plan, he would drop the candy by attaching little parachutes made of handkerchiefs.
What, from this book, has stayed in my mind: Some of the children who received chocolate have stayed in contact with Gail Halvorson over the years.
Notes: This is a good book for 4-6th Graders. It is also a 2014 Caudill Award Nominee.
Rating (1-5 stars): 4.5
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