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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Golding's classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work.
Author
Language
English
Description
Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive.
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable...
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable...
4) Airframe
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. . . .
At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation.
AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense...
At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation.
AIRFRAME is nonstop reading: the extraordinary mixture of super suspense...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible...
6) Planes
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Introduces, in brief text and illustrations, various types of airplanes and their uses.
9) Planes
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Dusty is a cropdusting plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator, who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test.
10) Stealing air
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Set amid the spontaneous, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s, this riveting memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose, recalls Ollestad's childhood and the magnetic man whose determination and love infuriated and inspired him--and ultimately saved his life.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Smith, an airline pilot, separates the fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know about air travel. From how planes fly, to the real story on congestion and delays, to a provocative look at terrorism and security, it's a personal look into the strange and misunderstand world of commercial flying.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Falling like a stone from six miles up, a brand new C-500 crashes in central France, killing two pilots aboard. With over one hundred C-500s in service around the world, interest is keen to get to the bottom of the mystery. When French officials take over this highly public investigation, they call in the best there is: they call Frank 'Jammer' Davis. A retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Davis is part of the National Transportation Safety Board's...
16) Fly High, Katie
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie is flying to Florida to visit her grandmother, but she has never been on an airplane before.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
The surviving passengers of a plane crash in which no one died describe the crash into the Hudson River, what happened immediately after the plane hit the water, and how they coped and pulled together after the averted tragedy.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his team, a bunch of all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire, and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.