Blue Skies and Gunfire — K.M. Peyton

When Josie is evacuated to her aunt and uncle's farm in Essex, she meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Jumbo, a happy-go-lucky, optimistic young man who doesn't let his disability interrupt his life. But when Josie meets Chris, Jumbo's heroic fighter pilot brother, she experiences feelings that are out of control and dangerous. Is this what real love feels like? Josie finds herself torn between the two young men -- one who is steady and loving, the other wayward and challenging. Yet as the German attack on England becomes more and more dangerous, it may not be her choice to make. Set against the backdrop of World War II, a time when people dealt with life and death every day, this is a wonderfully moving story of love, passion, and tragedy.