Jack Knight's brave flight : how one gutsy pilot saved the U.S. Air Mail Service
Record details
- ISBN: 1684379814
- ISBN: 9781684379811
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary, etc.: | "High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack Knight, who in 1921 flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over America's heartland and saved the US Air Mail Service in the process. When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip. Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope--Jack has six sacks of mail. For the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan--a coast-to-coast race. But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service?"--Publisher's website. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 7-10. Astra Publishing House. Grades 2-5. Astra Publishing House. |
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Genre: | Essais fictionnels. Livres d'images. Biographies. Creative nonfiction. Picture books. Biographies. Picture books. Biographies. |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Branch - Bridgeport | jB KNIGHT (Text) | 34000151378833 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | J B KNIGHT (Text) | 34026152462136 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | JNF 629.13 Esbaum (Text) | 33620153483124 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | 920 KNIGHT (Text) | 34013152442722 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
New Milford Public Library | OS jB KNIGHT (Text) | 34021152977001 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Norfolk Library | J BIO KNI ESB (Text) | 36058148298074 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Terryville Public Library | jB KNIGHT (Text) | 34028153261582 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
Weston Public Library | JB KNIGHT ESBAUM (Text) | 34053152769484 | Juvenile Biography | Available | - |
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