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1) Sorprendeme
Author
Publisher
Esencia/Planeta
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
430 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Author
Language
English
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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.
3) The layover
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unexpected tropical layover with her nemesis turns a flight attendant's life upside down in this witty, breezy debut romantic comedy about life--and love--30,000 feet above the ground"--
5) Great circle
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English
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"After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves are raised by their dissolute uncle in Missoula, Montana. There --after encountering a pair of pilots passing through town in a beat up Cessna--Marian commences her lifelong love affair with flight. At fifteen, she drops out of school and finds an unexpected and dangerous patron in a wealthy rancher who provides a plane and subsidizes her lessons, an arrangement...
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English
Description
In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted... Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
viii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Showcases the women who faced many obstacles to fly outside the box, discussing their incredible accomplishments and how these courageous trailblazers persevered and endured, insisting on success on their path to flight.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-olds Revna, the daughter of a traitor, and Linn,̌ the daughter of a general, must use forbidden magic to fly planes in wartime despite their deep dislike of each other.
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English
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"In 1993, U.S. women earned the right to fly in combat, but the full story of how it happened is largely unknown. From the first women in the military in World War II to the final push in the 1990s, The Fly Girls Revolt chronicles the actions of a band of women who overcame decades of discrimination and prevailed against bureaucrats, chauvinists, anti-feminists, and even other military women. Drawing on extensive research, interviews with women who...
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English
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She can stand her ground with the best of them. But she'll need all her strength to keep her family and her sailors afloat . . .
2012. Navy Captain Kate "Scarlett" Mahoney never backs down from a challenge. Determined to prove her mettle as the new Director of Operations for the US Seventh Fleet, the single mom naval aviator entrusts her sister to care for her fourteen-year-old son in California. After embarking in the Japan-based Seventh Fleet...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S."--
17) Daring Amelia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Even as a kid, Amelia Earhart was always looking for adventures. She had mud ball fights, explored caves, and even built a roller coaster in her backyard! And the adventures continued as she grew up. She took flying lessons and was soon performing stunts in the sky. Then she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic! Still, she wanted to achieve more. So Amelia set out to fly around the world. She took off and made stops in several countries....
18) All I Want
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English
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-- New York Times Pilot-for-hire Zoe Stone is happy to call Sunshine, Idaho, her home base. But her quiet life is thrown for a loop when her brother’s friend Parker comes to stay with her for a week. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife special agent is a handsome flirt with a gift for getting under her skin. And the situation only escalates when Parker hires her to fly him around the area while he collects evidence on a suspected smuggler. Now she has...
20) Amelia Earhart
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the famous American air pilot, describing her childhood, her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, and her mysterious disappearance in 1937 during her attempt to fly around the world.
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