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On the evening of May 3, 1937, Emilie Imhof boards the Hindenburg. As the only female crewmember, Emilie has access to the entire airship, from the lavish dining rooms and passenger suites to the gritty engine cars and control room. She hears everything, but with rumors circulating about bomb threats, Emilie's focus is on maintaining a professional air and keeping her own plans under wraps. What Emilie can't see is that everyone from the dynamic vaudeville...
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The exploits of a first-generation American as he navigates the mean streets of his city through his early years that is balanced with old-world values. His lust for life leads him into dangerous paths that may derail his impossible dream of a life as an aviator.
His quest to satisfy his insatiable desire for a young love combines with an intense love affair with a college co-ed.
His loss of control over his affairs sets in motion a complicated...
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Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left footprints in lunar soil. Wings of Their Dreams follows the flight plans and footsteps of aviation's pioneers and trailblazers across the twentieth century, a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Tranquility...
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A chance encounter between an airline pilot and a young man in Hyde Park, London sets in motion the pilot's quest for a long lost first love. The passionate emotional reunion stirs the fires of their not forgotten love, but the road to reunite is almost derailed by the pilot's involvement with a young American woman.
One complicated situation after another is thrown in the path of their reunion, but their determination eventually overcomes all obstacles...
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Dreams, unlike we are often taught, are not foolish, unnecessary things. Rather, they are what define us. Especially the ones that linger. This collection of true short stories is a book of dreams. Within its pages, you will share in thirteen personal journeys. You'll conquer a foreign language, climb a monstrous tree, choose to live, to dance, to laugh when no one believes you can. Most importantly, you'll dare to dream when all is lost.
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Later in life, Debbie realized she had unfulfilled hopes and dreams God placed in her heart when she was young. She knew God wanted her to share with children of all ages that it's never too late to dream. So she got together with her husband, grown-up children, and oldest grandson to come up with this little book of hopes and dreams. It is her desire for children who read it to know God has so much more in store for them than an ordinary life. For...
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SlingShot
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2003
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To the moon: Features the early rocket pioneers such as Robert Goddard and Herman Oberth as they began turning science fiction into science fact; relives those moments in time when the Russians shocked the world by sending Yuri Gagarin into space; follows the drama of the space race from Project Mercury to Gemini and Apollo. Beyond the moon: Relives the drama and tension of bringing Apollo 13 safety back to earth; includes conversations with space...
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In a land not too far away, there lived a young and ambitious boy named Noah, whose extraordinary dream was to soar through the skies like a bird. "Noah and His Dream to Fly" is a captivating story of determination, family support, and the unwavering pursuit of faith. Noah's journey begins in his secret treehouse, where he embarks on the quest to build a magnificent flying contraption. However, he encounters setbacks that challenge his resolve. With...
10) Tar Beach
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.
11) Grown: a novel
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IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
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"When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
12) The snowman
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Random House
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When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him into his home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.
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Little wings volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Willa Bean, who wants to master flying before starting school at Cupid Academy, celebrates her unconventional looks and unique personality, but struggles to accept that cupids learn how to fly at different times.
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Marrow thieves novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite...
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"Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her Jewish heritage. Now eighty-seven years old and a widow, she is haunted by a lifetime of secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is the writing group she's presided over for a decade, but when a new member walks in--a fifteen year old girl who reminds her so much of her beloved sister Sarah--Mary...
17) The flight girls
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A stunning story about the Women Airforce Service Pilots, whose courage during World War II turned ordinary women into extraordinary heroes. 1941. Audrey Coltrane has always wanted to fly. Its why she implored her father to teach her at the little airfield back home in Texas. Its why she signed up to train military pilots in Hawaii when the war in Europe began. And its why she insists she is not interested in any dream-derailing romantic involvements,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 8
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"As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."--Jacket.
As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space...
19) A dream of home
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"Madeleine would be in California and married to her pilot fiancé--if death hadn't changed everything. Now the former Air Force flight nurse is living alone in Paradise, Pennsylvania, and working as a maid at the Lancaster Grand Hotel. Saul Beiler's eleven-year-old daughter, Emma, doesn't know that her mother fled the Amish community and married another man. She does know that her dat is lonely, and that a pretty young maedel just moved in next...
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On a summer night in 1969, two men climbed down a ladder onto a sea of dust at the edge of an ancient dream. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on lunar soil, the moon ceased to be a place of mystery and myth. It became a destination.
Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of that journey, Moonbound tells the monumental story of the moon and the men who went there first. With vibrant images and meticulous attention to detail, Jonathan Fetter-Vorm...