Oh wow, what a cool bit of synchronicity! :DDDD I'm honestly delighted at how many people have turned up with fond memories of these books. My adult id is all over the h/c and camaraderie too! The one I just read was set in WW2 and probably had 5 or 6 different instances of presumed dead between the main group of pilots.
... Honestly, I kinda miss the days when there were a lot of MG/YA books focused on mainly adult protagonists. I mean, there were ones with kid protagonists too, obviously, but it's really not that common these days to see books with adult casts of characters but the kind of fast, fun pacing that you get with books trying to attract a kid audience. As an adult reader, I'm really enjoying the combination. Adults should get to have fun adventures in secret island hideouts and fight giant squid too!
I think philomytha mentioned the polar bear book as one of the adventure-y ones that her son particularly liked. I'm looking forward to getting there!
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... Honestly, I kinda miss the days when there were a lot of MG/YA books focused on mainly adult protagonists. I mean, there were ones with kid protagonists too, obviously, but it's really not that common these days to see books with adult casts of characters but the kind of fast, fun pacing that you get with books trying to attract a kid audience. As an adult reader, I'm really enjoying the combination. Adults should get to have fun adventures in secret island hideouts and fight giant squid too!
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