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Flight

by Robert Burleigh Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS

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A solo crossing of the Atlantic

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Nonfiction

    The source states that this book won the Orbis Pictus Award for Nonfiction.

  • Editorial selection

    Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

    Named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

  • Critical praise

    Publishers Weekly praise: “A glorious re-creation of an epic adventure”

    Publishers Weekly praised the book as a glorious re-creation of an epic adventure.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A solo crossing of the Atlantic

Robert Burleigh’s nonfiction account centers on Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight from New York toward Paris, a journey undertaken with two compasses and the stars as his guides. In 32 pages, the book presents the flight as both an aviation milestone and a test of endurance, bringing its historical subject into focus through the challenges named in the description: loneliness, fear, danger, and courage. The emphasis is on one pilot’s attempt to cross the Atlantic alone and the risks bound up with that undertaking.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in aviation and flight
  • Young readers exploring accounts of historical achievements
  • Families or educators seeking concise children’s nonfiction about Charles Lindbergh

Themes

Aviation historySolo flightCourage and enduranceRisk and exploration

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Book overview

Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Nonfiction and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

Flight. Loneliness. Fear. Danger. Courage. Charles Lindbergh considered all these things and more when he set out for Paris on the morning of May 20, 1927, with only two compasses and the stars for his guides. Experience all the drama of Lindbergh's history-making flight with startling intimacy as you travel along with the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic, and follow the courage and endurance of one man who dared to make his dream come true.

"(A) glorious re-creation of an epic adventure."--Publishers Weekly
"Brings new life to one of the stories of the century."--Kirkus Reviews
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