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Author
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Above the Trenches, author-illustrator Nathan Hale takes to the skies with the flying aces of World War I to reveal another Hazardous Tale in American history in the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series.
"Yippee! We're going back to World War One!" said nobody ever—except maybe the Hangman.
When the Great War began in 1914, America had plans to stay out of it. But some young men...
"Yippee! We're going back to World War One!" said nobody ever—except maybe the Hangman.
When the Great War began in 1914, America had plans to stay out of it. But some young men...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
GN 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She piloted many record-breaking flights, became an author, advised engineers, taught college students, and defended women's rights. And then, somewhere in the South Pacific, she disappeared on an attempted flight around the world. This is her story."--
4) Eighty days
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A pilot wants nothing more than to fly. Or so he thought, until he crosses paths with a mysterious thief whose tricks draw him into unchartered territory and new adventure. In a life where the truth changes as quickly as clouds in the sky, the pilot must decide for himself what freedom really means."--
Author
Series
Castle in the Stars volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In search of the mysterious element known as aether, Claire Dulac flew her hot air balloon toward the edge of our stratosphere--and never returned. Her husband, genius engineer Archibald Dulac, is certain that she is forever lost. Her son, Seraphin, still holds out hope. One year after her disappearance, Seraphin and his father are delivered a tantalizing clue: a letter from an unknown sender who claims to have Claire's lost logbook. The letter summons...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy began World War II with torpedo bombers that could devastate enemy warships and merchantmen at will. Britain's Royal Navy squadrons went to war equipped with the Fairey Swordfish. A biplane torpedo bomber in an age of monoplanes, the Swordfish was underpowered and under-gunned; an obsolete museum piece, an embarrassment. Its crews fully expected to be shot from the skies. Instead, they flew the ancient...
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Shinji Ikari, a student at First Municipal Junior High in New Yokyo-3, finds himself having unusual feelings for transfer student Rei Ayanami, much to the dismay of his childhood friend and self-appointed protector Asuka, and it is difficult to put personal feelings aside when they learn they are destined to be pilots of enormous artificial beings called Evangelion.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Mikura Amelia is a free-spirited young woman who lives alone with her cat and operates an air-delivery service to Japan's small island communities thousands of miles out in the Pacific. When her grandfather dies, she finds he left her a package addressed to an island that doesn't exist.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Asa and Nakaido fly out to take a closer look at the mysterious creature that has appeared off the coast of Japan. As the creature threatens them with its sharp teeth and spiky tail, Nakaido works to decipher his mentor's notes and find its weakness. But their attempts to take down the beast are in vain when it makes its way for land!"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Former US Army pilot Major Thomas Deeks worked to end smuggling in South America. Fast forward to 1980 and he has changed sides and flies for a smuggling operation. Deeks is flying near Mount St. Helens in Washington State when the volcano erupts. He crashes the plane, losing the smuggler's plane and his product. Can Deeks escape the devastation and the smuggler's revenge?
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Asa reluctantly agrees to accompany Yone to an audition at an entertainment agency. However, before they can leave, Mr. Jissoji shows up with news--the mysterious creature has been spotted! With Kasuga nowhere to be found, Asa prepares to take flight to identify the creature. But before she can, Nakaido runs in claiming to have found its weakness, earning himself a seat in Asa's plane as they take to the skies."--
17) Dreaming eagles
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1960s, as the Civil Rights movement shocks American to its core, Second World War veteran Reggie Atkinson sees his teenage son Lee drawn into the dangerous battle for racial equality - and fears for him. Twenty years earlier, in an unheard of place called Tuskegee, Alabama, cadet officer Atkinson and his comrades report for pilot training. Those that graduate will be the first African American combat fliers to serve with the United States...
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