Flying Ace: Errol's Gander Adventure

By Sheilah Lukins and Laurel Keating

***CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER*** ***BRUNEAU FAMILY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE LONGLIST***

Errol the adventurous little mouse takes to the sky when he meets a young girl, Natasha, playing with a toy airplane. Later, when Errol is left alone, he decides to fly Natasha’s toy plane and begins a magical journey that takes him back in time to one night in 1940. He meets up with Dan, a radio operator on a full-sized Hudson bomber, and gets to accompany the crew on their late night, top-secret flight across the Atlantic. When an enemy plane appears over Ireland and threatens the safety of crew and craft, only Errol can save them from disaster.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Breakwater Books
• Release date: May 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781550817751

Sheilah Lukins

Sheilah Roberts Lukins lives in St. Philips, NL, with her husband and several garden mice. She has written two non-fiction books for adults and, most recently, her first children’s book: Full Speed Ahead: Errol’s Bell Island Adventure, winner of the Bruneau Family Children’s/YA Award. Her loves include history, horses, dogs, good food, great stories—and of course the occasional mouse.

Book preview

Chapter 1

Errol crawled out of his home under the old blue garbage box. He stared at the red and gold autumn leaves covering the garden on Beachy Cove Drung. Yippee! he yelled, diving into the colourful chaos.

Errol wasn’t like other mice; he enjoyed being awake in the day. He jumped and tunnelled through the leaves until the sun rose high in the sky. When he stopped and looked around, he saw an unfamiliar garden. A movement nearby made him duck under the leaves again. He peeked out—a young girl was running back and forth holding something in her hand.

Errol crept closer. He knew he wasn’t supposed to talk to people, but the little girl had something Errol was dying to see. Her arms made big swooping motions through the air with an airplane just the right size for a mouse. His eyes followed her every movement.

Suddenly he blurted out, "Can I have a ride in your