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You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen Cover Image Book Book

You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford.

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (author.). Weatherford, Jeffery Boston, (illustrator.).

Summary:

This history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781481449380
  • ISBN: 1481449389
  • ISBN: 9781481449397
  • ISBN: 1481449397
  • Physical Description: 80 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Poems.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-78).
Includes filmograpgy (pages 79-80).
Formatted Contents Note:
Machine generated contents note: Head to the Sky -- The Civilian Pilot Training Program -- Train Ride to the Clouds -- A Shot -- The First Cadets -- Officers -- The Odds -- Keep 'Em Flying: Tuskegee Army Airfield Nurses -- Ground School -- Solo, At Last -- Sugar, Sugar -- The Other War -- Downtime -- Training Planes -- Pearl Harbor -- Dorie Miller Earns the Navy Cross -- Private Joe Louis -- Fighting Boredom -- Second Lieutenant -- William Henry Hastie -- The Double V Campaign: Pens Mighty as Swords -- Anxious -- Fight Song -- Facing the Enemy -- Operation Prove Them Wrong -- Routines -- Lena Home: More than a Pin-Up -- Red Tail Angels -- The Black Birdmen -- Your Record -- No Hero's Welcome -- A Long Line.
Target Audience Note:
910L Lexile
Middle School.
Grades 4-6.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader LG 6.0 1 1 183113

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Genre: History.
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Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Abington Community Library JUV 811.6 WEATHER (Text) 50687011432609 Juv Nonfiction Available -

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