First flight around the world : the adventures of the American fliers who won the race

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The work First flight around the world : the adventures of the American fliers who won the race represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

First flight around the world : the adventures of the American fliers who won the race

Title remainder

the adventures of the American fliers who won the race

Statement of responsibility

by Tim Grove

Creator

• trueGrove, Tim
• trueGrove, Tim, 1967-

Contributor

• National Air and Space Museum

Author

• trueGrove, Tim, 1967-

Subject

• trueFlights
• trueFlights around the world
• Flights around the world
• Flights around the world -- Juvenile literature
• Illustrated works
• Illustrated works
• Juvenile works
• Literature
• Literature
• Pictorial works
• United States, Army | Air Corps
• United States, Army | Air Corps
• United States, Army | Air Corps -- Juvenile literature
• trueWorld records
• World records
• World records -- Juvenile literature
• trueAviation
• 1100L

Genre

• trueLiterature
• truePictorial works
• Illustrated works
• Juvenile works
• Juvenile literature
• 1100L

Language

eng

Summary

• "In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries--Great Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, and Argentina--had the same goal, and so the quest became a race. Who would win?"--Jacket
• An account of the 1924 race between six nations to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by airplane describes the efforts of the U.S. team as they struggled to overcome limited technology, dangerous weather, and unfamiliar cultures

Writing style

• trueEasy-to-understand

Illustration

• truePhotographic

Award

ALA Notable Children's Book, 2016

Awards note

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2016.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

910.4/1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

• 1100L
• Sentence length: 5 (very hard)
• Word frequency: 2 (easy)

Intended audience source

• lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

TL721.U6

LC item number

G58 2015

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 8

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

7.7

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile