The Plane That Stayed: A Market Garden Story About Being Brave & Afraid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798184050379)

On September 17, 1944, the largest airborne army in history filled the sky over Holland. Charlie was nineteen, afraid of almost everything - and the last person anyone ever expected to fly.

His job wasn't to chase glory. It was to stay with the slow, defenseless transport planes carrying thousands of paratroopers to the bridges - to guard them through the flak when every instinct screamed at him to turn for home.

The Plane That Stayed is a true-to-history Operation Market Garden story for ages 7-10 (and history-loving older readers) about courage, loyalty, and the strength you can't see. It explains the real plan-what "Market" and "Garden" meant, the chain of bridges, the C-47s and gliders, and the famous P-51 Mustang-and tells the honest truth about "a bridge too far," while keeping its heart on a frightened young pilot who learns what brave really means.

• Real history, warmly told: Operation Market Garden, the airborne armies, and the Mustang "that could fly all the way"
• An uplifting, motivational message: courage isn't the absence of fear - it's staying when you most want to run
• The fourth book in The Brave Inside, a companion to The Tank That Swam, with a "The History Is Real" fact page and a discussion guide

For young readers who love history, airplanes, and true stories of everyday courage.