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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amelia Earhart follows the charismatic aviator from her first sight of an airplane at the age of ten to the last radio transmission she made before she vanished. Illustrated with original artworks, contemporary photographs, quotes, and details, this is a great introduction to the famous pilot.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 316 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents the contributions of western pilots, navigators, and air-traffic controllers to bring food, medicine, and other survival supplies to Berlin during the Soviet blockade, describing the effort's dangerous and politically charged risks.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : mostly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
How did Amelia Earhart learn to fly? How was flying then different than it is today? Cub Reporter interviews Amelia Earhart to find out how she made a difference in the world of aviation and defended women's rights. Learn how Amelia fought against adversity to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Discover how she stood up for other female aviators and the ways she fought for gender equality. Readers will see how to use interviewing...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume : colored illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this biography for young readers, learn about a girl who loved adventure and never let anybody stop her from trying new things. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, proving that women can soar as high as men.
Author
Series
Presidential Agent volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
528 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a leased Boeing 727 vanishes after two passengers murder the pilot, Army intelligence officer Major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, a veteran of the Special Forces, is called in by the president of the United States to uncover the truth.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st Aladdin ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
32) Air Battle Force
Author
Series
McLanahan volume 11
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
426p. 25cm.
Language
English
Description
In military circles it's known as Air Battle Force an air combat unit of the future, under the command of aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan, capable of launching stealthy, precision-guided firepower to anywhere on the globe within hours. And now McLanahan and his warriors have their first target.
Driven from Afghanistan, the parasitic forces of the deposed Taliban regime have decided to feed on a new host an isolated, oil-rich...
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
455 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Falling for him: "Christian, the youngest O'Halloran brother, has a problem, and her name is Mariah Douglas. The Midnight Sons secretary is always losing his messages, misplacing his files and generally creating chaos. Despite that, he can't get her out of his mind...."--P. [4] of cover.
Ending in marriage: "The clashes between pilot Duke Porter and Seattle attorney Tracy Santiago are legendary. Duke's a tough, rugged individualist who delights in...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved and best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and La's Orchestra Saves the World, a heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set during World War II, in which a British farm girl, an American pilot, and a German soldier are brought together by an unlikely hero: a (very cute) border collie. Val Eliot, a land girl working on an English farm during the war, finds herself in charge of protecting a rescued border...
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
During World War II, farmer's daughter Rosalie Wright becomes a pilot assisting the RAF, but as the war progresses, her battles against skeptical male pilots and a romantic rivalry threaten to bring her dreams crashing down.
37) Stateless
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag McGinty, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective to help her pilot her course.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed...