Ace Carroway and the Great War

Written by Guy Worthey

Narrated by Keira Grace

When the Great War breaks out, Cecilia Carroway lies about her age and enlists as a pilot. She earns her Ace nickname, but she’s shot down behind enemy lines and imprisoned. She meets motley fellow prisoners Quack, Bert, Sam, Tombstone, and Gooper and enlists their help to break out. Escape is hard enough, but Ace won’t go without sabotaging the enemy’s war machine. Add in Minister of Technology Darko Dor’s plan to kidnap Ace, and Ace Carroway’s chances of survival drop to zero.

So . . . about average.

This book contains: Cliffhangers. Airships. 1920s. Fistfights. Female protagonist kicking bottom. Quirky multinational sidekicks. Clipped sentences. Outrageous accents. Dogfights. Daring escapes. Pole vaulting. And remember, when climbing to altitude, chew gum.

Ace Carroway and the Great War is Book 1 in the Adventures of Ace Carroway series. Content rating: teen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Westing Press
• Release date: Jun 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781949827019

Reviews for Ace Carroway and the Great War

[jpodlaski_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ace Carroway & the Great War by Guy Worthey is an entertaining and fun read. Cecilia Carroway is 16 yrs. old and lies about her age to join the military to fly planes during WWI. She is much smarter than her age suggests, shoots down 10 enemy planes and achieves the status of an "ACE". She is promoted to captain and takes her squadron for a mission over Germany. Ace is shot down, taken prisoner, and jailed with five other POW's. Being a young "dame", she has to prove herself to the other captives, her resourcefulness and cleverness quickly win them over. Ace finds a way to hinder the German war effort by booby-trapping the planes they are forced to build in a factory, develops an escape plan from their prison, and then leads them across country to freedom. The ultimate goal is to break into a heavily defended and secret airbase that she remembered seeing during her last flight and steal a plane to fly them back to England. The author does an excellent job in keeping readers within the era, his technical knowledge of the war makes it more authentic and ealistic. There are many twists and turns along the way and readers are forced to continue reading well into the night to see what happens next.I thoroughly enjoyed this story and quickly downloaded book 2 in the series. Although Ace Carroway and the Great War is classified as YA, I'd recommend it for all ages. Great job Mr. Worthey!

[nadinec.keels · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Cecilia Carroway has become an ace pilot fighting with the Allies in World War I, but she gets shot down behind enemy lines and is taken prisoner. She and a misfit crew of other Allied prisoners will have to find a way to escape, and she's determined to do some damage along the way in Ace Carroway and the Great War by author Guy Worthey.Well! I wanted something different with this book, and that's what I got: maybe a mix of alternate history and a bit of a steampunk sci-fi adventure. Can't say I pinned down the right genres, but I thoroughly enjoyed this novella nonetheless.It kind of reminded me of a top-notch 60s movie, The Great Escape, in some ways. There's something old-fashioned about the style, and the story deals with a serious war without taking itself too seriously, but also without being a mere joke. I could laugh at some parts, while other parts hit me in the gut. And as for Ace. She is one bad, bad chick. Capable, competent, compassionate, commanding. Doesn't make a show of being arrogant, doesn't make a show of being modest. She's almost too perfect, but she's got a weakness or two, and you can tell she's human. Ace and the odd, multicultural bunch of prisoners she teams up with didn't take long to grow on me.Also, given that Ace is the only woman in her Allied crew, it would've been the "easy thing" to turn the crew's scenario into something sexual, and I'm pretty sure the characters are aware of it, somewhere in their minds. But they don't go there, plain and simple. This story doesn't need it, wouldn't have had convincing time for it anyway, so I appreciate that it wasn't just thrown in for conspicuous kicks.I understand there are further Adventures of Ace Carroway to come. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for 'em.