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English
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"The Little Prince" is French aviator Antonine de Saint-Exupery's most famous novella. The story, first published in 1943, is about a pilot who must make an emergency landing in the desert becaouse of engine problems. This is ironic, since the author himself took off in a plane over the Mediterranean just a year later and was never seen or heard from again. This timeless story has been adapted to various media over the decades, including stage, screen...
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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.
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Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Molly feels that everything in her life has changed when her father goes off to England to help wounded soldiers, and her beloved aunt joins the Women's Airforce Service Pilots. Includes a section on women pilots in the armed services, and a project related to the story.
10) Pilot pups
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Toy dogs go on air patrols to make sure that none of the other toys in a child's room go missing.
Author
Series
Skyward volume 1-3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Return to the planet Detritus with FM, Alanik, and Jorgen in this must-have three-novella collection featuring exclusive character art and deleted scenes from Skyward with commentary from Brandon Sanderson"--
12) Cytonic
Author
Series
Skyward volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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.
As a Defiant Defense Force pilot, Spensa has proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus, and traveled light-years as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A sci-fi action-adventure origin story of Buzz Lightyear -- the hero who inspired the toy. Before Buzz became the Spance Ranger that we all know him to be today, he was a young test pilot on a daring and dangerous mission. Go to infinity and beyond!
15) B for Buster
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over Germany.
17) Captain sky blue
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Michael di Capua Books - Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel version of the story of an aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert where he encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
20) Stateless
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
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