Book description
Robbie Carter is adjusting to his new life in late-1950s Toronto with
his single mother, an engineeer with the airplane manufacturer A. V.
Roe. One night, waking to the buzz of voices, Robbie creeps downstairs
and makes an astonishing discovery. His mother and her colleagues are
working on plans for the Avro Arrow, a new fighter jet capable of
unheard-of speeds! Determined not to miss a word, Robbie continues to
spy on their meetings. Charles Reid was born in the East End of
London, England, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. He lives in Nanaimo,
British Columbia.
