| Flight Contributor(s): Burleigh, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0698114256 ISBN-13: 9780698114258 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: Experience all the drama of Charles Lindbergh's history-making flight on May 20, 1927 as you travel along with the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. Follow the courage and endurance of one man who dared to make his dream come true. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology |
| Dewey: 629.130 |
| LCCN: 90035401 |
| Lexile Measure: 570 |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 7.26" W x 10.22" (0.27 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5904 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Nonfiction and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Flight. Loneliness. Fear. Danger. Courage. Charles Lindbergh considered all these things and more when he set out for Paris on the morning of May 20, 1927, with only two compasses and the stars for his guides. Experience all the drama of Lindbergh's history-making flight with startling intimacy as you travel along with the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic, and follow the courage and endurance of one man who dared to make his dream come true. (A) glorious re-creation of an epic adventure.--Publishers Weekly Brings new life to one of the stories of the century.--Kirkus Reviews |