Uncle Paul is a good friend to Johnny, and he is determined to help him win that bicycle.īut, it is not as simple as it seems. If Johnny can do those two things, he will earn a fancy new bicycle when they return to Wyoming. Before leaving, they challenge Johnny to do two things during the summer: learn to walk and run on his leg again (two miles, specifically) and learn French well enough to write his mother a six-page letter entirely in French. They decide to leave Johnny in the care of his uncle Paul who is building an airplane in their home village. While in France, Johnny’s father gets word that he is needed in England, and that Johnny’s mother could also be helpful as a translator. Johnny’s parents knew that what Johnny needed most was a challenge and an adventure. It was also about all of the anxiety and fear and coping that he had done during the war, probably like so many children everywhere. Johnny’s injured leg was more than just a problem with his bones. We’ve got to get you to want to see new people and have new experiences instead of depending on your mother and me, and staying shut up in a house. we’ve got to get you to want to run on your leg, even if it hurts you to run for a time. we’ve got to get your leg fixed but that isn’t the important thing. In a way, Johnny, you’re a casualty of war, too. Sometimes it can reach clear back and hit a man’s home and hurt the people in his home he loves best. It can reach out and hit behind the lines where soldiers are fighting. “Johnny, did you ever realize a war can cause casualties away from the front line as well as on the front line? That is one of the things so terrible about a war. Everyone loves this plan except for Johnny. In France, Johnny can see a world-renowned orthopedic specialist attached to the military, he can meet his French uncle, and he can see where his mother is from. Johnny’s mother is originally from France and Johnny’s father is still in active military duty serving as a bi-lingual (French and English) coordinator of the rebuilding efforts. When his father returns home soon after, the family decides to spend the summer in Europe. When the story opens, Johnny has had an accident which resulted in a badly broken leg that needs the attention of a specialist. In The Avion My Uncle Flew, we have a very unique book that would be a delight to boys (and girls), and would enrich them while it entertains.ĭuring WWII, twelve-year-old Johnny Littlehorn and his mother tried to keep their Wyoming ranch afloat while his father was away fighting in the war.
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