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The classic memoir of Africa, aviation, and adventure—the inspiration for Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun and “a bloody wonderful book” (Ernest Hemingway).
Beryl Markham’s life story is a true epic. Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot, she shattered societal expectations, threw herself into torrid love affairs, survived desperate crash landings—and chronicled everything....
Beryl Markham’s life story is a true epic. Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot, she shattered societal expectations, threw herself into torrid love affairs, survived desperate crash landings—and chronicled everything....
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. While male pilots were lauded as heroes, the few women who dared to fly were more often ridiculed—until a cadre of women pilots banded together to break through the entrenched prejudice.
Fly Girls...
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. While male pilots were lauded as heroes, the few women who dared to fly were more often ridiculed—until a cadre of women pilots banded together to break through the entrenched prejudice.
Fly Girls...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Signing up to train military pilots in Hawaii when World War II breaks out in Europe, Audrey Coltrain joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots program after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and bonds with her fellow pilots to find hope and strength in the face of war.
8) Life flight
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Extreme measures volume 1
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English
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"Helicopter pilot Penny Carlton is used to stress, but an emergency landing in a raging storm with a critical patient on board would test the limits of the best of pilots. When news of a serial killer reaches her, it's clear the stress has just begun"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin's Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America's most celebrated flyer, Amelia Earhart.
In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane. With incredible photos, maps,...
In alternating chapters, Fleming deftly moves readers back and forth between Amelia's life (from childhood up until her last flight) and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane. With incredible photos, maps,...
11) City of Jasmine
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2014
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English
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Five years after her husband's death, aviatrix Evangeline Stark receives a mysterious photo causing her to believe her husband did not die when the Lusitania sank. Seeking answers, she goes to Damascus and finds nothing is as it seems.
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Crown
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English
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“With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls
“A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday
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“A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday
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Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Molly feels that everything in her life has changed when her father goes off to England to help wounded soldiers and her beloved aunt joins the Women's Airforce Service Pilots. Includes a section on women pilots in the armed services, and a project related to the story.
15) Great circle
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A century after daredevil female aviator Marian Graves’s disappearance in Antarctica, actress Hadley Baxter is cast to play her and immerses herself in the role as their fates, and their dreams, become intertwined.
18) Uncharted
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Survival instincts volume 2
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English
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When her solo mission turns into a disaster, pilot Leo Eddowes, with enemies in close pursuit, must team up with Elias Thorne, a criminal both hated and feared by the entire nation who is guarding a dangerous secret, to survive.
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Bitter Creek series volume 16
Publisher
Dell Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A pilot and a smoke jumper find old grudges turning into renewed attraction when they're forced to rely on each other after a plane crash.
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