The Tuskegee Airmen book review by Kennedy

Title of the Book: The Tuskegee Airmen 

 Author Name: Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly 

Reviewer's Name: Kennedy 

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc 

Date of Publication: 2002 

Rating: 1-5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book was about the Tuskegee Airmen. The children were playing with, what looked like, grandpa's old war uniform. They asked the grandma what it was and she said to ask the grandpa and so he explained everything. According to the book, the Tuskegee Airmen were a group of blacks that helped work in World War ll, during a time of racial oppression against blacks. The men had numerous jobs to cover whether it was cooking, fighting, or fixing the planes. The women helped too. They did some of the lighter jobs like fixing parachutes and cooking as well. The pilots were nicknamed the red tails because their planes often had a red end painted on them. When the Tuskegee Airmen had enough professionally trained people, they were sent to Europe to fight but the war had ended before they could fight. 

Some of the themes that are present in the story is you don’t have to have an extraordinary role to help, a little help from a lot of people goes a long way. Another one is to try your best. Don’t let anyone stop you from chasing your dreams. Fight for what you believe in. Meanwhile, I really liked the illustrations and the way the pictures were painted. It looks like watercolor and acrylic paint. The moods of the story are sadness, determination, happiness, curiosity, and more. Those ones were more prevalent. The book is good at appropriately educating the intended audience. The only problem I would say is that this book is written by white people on a heavily black subject. I personally have never educated myself further on the Tuskegee Airmen but what are the chances the authors wrote false information. Overall the book was good. The use of third-person added a nice detail to the story.