Jack Knight's Brave Flight by Jill Esbaum
High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack Knight, who in 1921 flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over America's heartland and saved the US Air Mail Service in the process.When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip. Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope--Jack has six sacks of mail.
For the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan--a coast-to-coast race.
But when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service?
Jill Esbaum is the author of several award-winning children's books. Little Kids First Big Book of How, Cherry Blossoms Speak Spring, and the Angry Birds Playground titles Dinosaurs, Rain Forest, and Animals are just a few of her National Geographic titles. She is a regular visitor to schools and a conference speaker. At the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival and the Whispering Woods Picture Book Workshop/Retreat, Esbaum teaches children's writing. She resides near Davenport, Iowa, on a farm.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781684379811 |
| ISBN 10 | 1684379814 |
| Title | Jack Knight's Brave Flight |
| Author | Jill Esbaum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Calkins Creek Books |
| Year published | 2022-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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