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1) Flygirl
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Language
English
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During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
3) Boots
Author
Series
League of Secret Heroes volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
�2021.
Language
English
Description
When Mae's Aunt Willa and Aunt Jane, both pilots, are kidnapped by evil Metallic Falcon, Josie, Mae, and Akiko, the Infinity Trinity, pursue them from Chicago to Sweetwater, Texas, to Paris, France.
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
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When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow prisoners.
6) Fly
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Get ready to take off in an airplane! Ground crew, flight attendants, pilots, and tower control are all here to help you journey across the sky.
7) Pilot pups
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Toy dogs go on air patrols to make sure that none of the other toys in a child's room go missing.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia Menotti, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to their new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
9) Such a rush
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
High school senior Leah Jones loves nothing more than flying, which allows her to forget her absentee mother and life in a South Carolina trailer park, but when Grayson, the son of her deceased flight instructor, blackmails her into working for him and his brother Alec, the consequences could be deadly.
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1907 Columbus, Ohio, fourteen-year-old Cromwell Dixon, aided by his mother, begins building the flying bicycle he has invented to enter in the St. Louis Air Ship Carnival. Includes facts about Dixon's life as an aviation pioneer.
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war."--Amazon.
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Determined to help the effort, female Russian air pilot Valka signs up to join an all-female aviation group, but as the war intensifies she has to decide how much she is willing to risk to defend the skies she calls home.
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Engineer Arielle drives her train through Jerusalem on Israel Independence Day, greeting friends and waiting to celebrate with her brother Ezra, who is the lead pilot in the Israeli Air Force's special air show"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Based on a true story, The Hallelujah Flight is a rollicking tale of strength, courage and ingenuity."
In 1932, James Banning had a dream: to fly across the country and inspire people brought low by the Great Depression. But for an African-American pilot, even an ace like Banning, this was no easy feat! With his mechanic and copilot, Thomas Allen, Banning fixed up a dilapidated plane and took off for New York. They faced dangerous weather, a...
17) Pirate's price
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Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Hello, my friends! It is I, Honda Ohnaka, greatest pirate in the galaxy, hero of the Rebellion, and, if you listen to that Obi-Wan Kenobi guy, a villain too. But what does he know? I am here to tell you stories of that most amazing ship, the Millennium Falcon, including my very first time onboard and a few occasions when I actually flew the Falcon myself! And I did a great job of it, too, don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Oh, there might be...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble. When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches-a brigade of young female pilots....
19) Stateless
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe's first air race for young people, she knows all too well how high the stakes are. As the only participating female pilot, it'll be a constant challenge to prove she's a worthy competitor. But promoting peace in Europe feels empty to Stella when civil war is raging in Spain and the Nazis are gaining power-and when, right from the start, someone resorts to cutthroat sabotage to get ahead of...
20) The last 8
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Clover Martinez has always been a survivor, which is the reason she isn't among the dead when aliens invade and destroy Earth as she knows it. Clover is convinced she's the only one left until she hears a voice on the radio urging her to go to the former Area 51. When she arrives, she's greeted by a band of misfits who call themselves The Last Teenagers on Earth. Only they aren't the ragtag group of heroes Clover was expecting. The seven strangers...
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