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1) Tailspin
Author
Language
English
Description
Rye Mallett is a 'freight dog', a pilot who'll fly anywhere in the world, at any time, at a moment's notice, through the worst weather. As a fighter pilot in Afghanistan, he escaped death once. Figuring that it's only a matter of time before it catches up with him, he tempts it by taking risks. But one night he takes to the air, when no other pilot would, to deliver a black padlocked box. What awaits him at his destination is a near crash . . . and...
2) Oceans apart
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A forgotten secret. A shocking discovery. A sacrifice of love that will bring Connor Evans to his knees.
A story of hope and redemption from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury.
Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a
...3) Wings
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
From a house on the edge of her family's dusty farmland airstrip near Chicago, the child Cassie O'Malley would sneak into the night to look at the planes sitting shimmering in the moonlight. Her World War I veteran father, Pat, wanted his son to be a pilot, not his reckless, red-haired daughter. But it was Cassie who had the gift. Ever since she could remember, Cassie felt...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with Sam's fate, Janey has tracked down Irene Lindquist, the owner of a local island-hopping airline, whom she believes might actually be the legendary Irene Foster,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exchanging love letters with Navy pilot Grace Yates before her plane goes missing, Air Force pararescueman Bruce Stanton finds his efforts in a NATO conflict particularly challenging when he is assigned to the rescue mission.
6) Wait for me
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When two women go missing in the Montana wilderness, Pete Brooks must trust his skills, teammates--and the woman who broke his heart--if he hopes to bring them all home alive."-- Provided by publisher.
A series of mistakes on the job has cost lives, and Pete Brooks isn't sure he wants to continue to work in search and rescue. Ever since Jess Tagg broke his heart, Pete thinks leaving Montana might be the best way to move forward. When Jess-- along...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation, and found freedom in the air"-- Provided by publisher.
A few years after the Wright Brothers' first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton fields with her family when an airplane flew right over their heads. It buzzed so low she thought she could catch it in her hands. Bessie wasn't afraid. Without...
8) Broken wings
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Among the 151 people who died in the crash of Flight 94 was Mick Hammon, the plane's captain and Erin Russell's close friend. A pilot herself, Erin now struggles with the shattering losses both of her friend and of her own confidence in the cockpit. With pilot error speculated as the cause of the accident, Erin fights to save Mick's reputation for the sake of the family he left behind. But that fight pits her against Addison Lowe, the crash investigator....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of Loving Frank and The Paris Wife, acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America's most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and vibrant older sister, who often steals the spotlight. Then Anne,...
Author
Series
Montana Rescue volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Search-and-rescue pilot Kacey Fairing returned home to Montana determined to put the past behind her and start a new life. But that won't be easy: her new partner is the man who broke her heart.
Search-and-rescue pilot Kacey Fairing returned home to Mercy Falls, Montana determined to put the past behind her and start a new life. Ben King abandoned his past-- and Kacey-- when he moved to Nashville to start his career. When his father calls him home...
12) Refuge Cove
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"A bride on the run from her would-be husband becomes stranded in the Alaska wilderness before accepting help from a rugged bush pilot who would reconnect with his estranged son. By the best-selling author of Texas True"-- Amazon.com
Emily Hunter came to Alaska on the promise of marriage, but is soon on the run from her would-be husband. Stranded in the wilderness, she stumbles across a small plane-- and the rugged bush pilot who would reconnect...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless,...
14) The flight girls
Author
Publisher
HarlequinAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Signing up to train military pilots in Hawaii when World War II breaks out in Europe, Audrey Coltrain joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots program after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and bonds with her fellow pilots to find hope and strength in the face of war.
15) Sunrise
Author
Series
Sky king ranch volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A decade after leaving his family's bush pilot operation to become a Pararescue Jumper, Dodge Kingston is back home in Alaska. He hadn't counted on meeting up again with Echo, a girl with a spirit as free as the sky. When she goes missing, he hopes all her skills will keep her safe until he can reach her--and that she'll accept his help when he does"-- Provided by publisher.
16) Falling: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Terrifying...buckle up for a chilling summer read." —People (Best Books of the Week)
"The perfect thriller! A must-read." —Gillian Flynn
"Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet." —Don Winslow
You just boarded a flight to New York.
There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.
...
"Terrifying...buckle up for a chilling summer read." —People (Best Books of the Week)
"The perfect thriller! A must-read." —Gillian Flynn
"Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet." —Don Winslow
You just boarded a flight to New York.
There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.
...
17) Air miles
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Miles was a difficult dog until he got his own motor car. But now he is growing older, and new challenges are arising. He doesn't chase balls like he used to. His legs hurt whenever he takes walks. And sometimes he doesn't hear when Norman calls him. So when Norman learns that Mr. Huddy's small airplane is in need of a pilot, Miles takes to the skies"-- Provided by publisher.
18) All I want
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her brother's friend, Parker, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent, hires her to fly him around Sunshine, Idaho, so that he can collect evidence on a suspected smuggler, pilot Zoe Stone finds the situation getting too hot to handle, even as danger surrounds them.
Pilot-for-hire Zoe Stone is happy to call Sunshine, Idaho, her home base. But her quiet life is thrown for a loop when her brother's friend Parker comes to stay with her for a week. The U.S....
19) Glad tidings
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
While flying around the state of Washington covering a fruitcake contest, newspaper reporter Emma Collins discovers that her pilot, Oliver Hamilton, could be the love of her life; and, on Christmas Eve, Maryanne and Nolan Adams tell their children how they met and fell in love.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted ... Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her...
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