Danger Zone: Enemy Fire

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January 17th, 1991. Peters turned the Tornado through sixty degrees. He & his navigator, Nichol, needed to make a fast escape. The enemy SAM-16 missile, travelling at twice the speed of sound, was fired at the Tornado. The missile locked on to the heat of the jet fighter’s engines. It closed in quickly before &8211; BOOM &8211; it blew up one of the engines. Now the pilot & navigator faced a life-or-death decision. Should they eject over enemy territory? What would happen if they were captured? Get struggling readers flying high with this punchy true-life story of real people fighting to survive in the danger zone. Written in accessible language by prize-winning author Anthony Masters, & illustrated with line drawings, it combines a reading age of 7-9 with an interest level of 9-14.