The Night Flyers

This story takes place in the U.S. In 1918, late in World War I. Pam Louder is a young girl who lives with her mother, with her father away fighting in the war. Pam loves to raise pigeons and has managed to train some to be able to fly at night.

Into the area comes a man with a German accent who has an interest in pigeons and wants to buy Pam's, but she's not selling them. He seems to be spending money rather freely, but gradually Pam begins to wonder if he is actually a German spy. Propaganda of the time was virulently anti-German, and people expected spies to be everywhere.

Things go bad when, one-by-one, Pam's pigeons start to disappear. She goes in search of the stranger's house and finds that he has lots and lots of pigeons already. Things aren't as simple as they seem, though, and Pam ends up suspecting a number of different people, in addition to which she actually ends up becoming involved in an important project to help the American army in their fight in Europe.

There are lots of twists and turns in the story and it proves to be quite interesting, including the historical section which explains just how pigeons were of vital importance to the war effort for both sides. Definitely one of the better and more interesting books in the series.

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