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Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Language
English
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All Together Now - Summer Reading Teen Reads
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
NPM - YA Military & Spies
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
NPM - YA Military & Spies
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 do to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
5) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
6) All I want
Author
Series
Animal magnetism volume 7
Language
English
Description
When her brother's friend, Parker, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent, hires her to fly him around Sunshine, Idaho, so that he can collect evidence on a suspected smuggler, pilot Zoe Stone finds the situation getting too hot to handle, even as danger surrounds them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.
Author
Language
English
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Description
When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless,...
11) Wind flyers
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe. Introduces young readers to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
12) The last 8
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Eight teenagers struggle to survive after an alien attack.
After an alien attack devastates the Earth, pilot and future astronaut Clover Martinez bands with seven other teens in a struggle to survive.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
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.
15) Cytonic
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
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 ... [et al.]."--Back cover.
18) Flygirl
Author
Language
English
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Description
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
19) Starsight
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After becoming a pilot and learning some disturbing things about her father, Spensa disguises herself and enters a Krell pilot training program where she discovers the purpose of the program is to exterminate humans.
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