Race Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781547603442)

From National Book Award winner Martin W. Sandler, a fascinating look at the week that brought aviation fever to the world

In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise money for patents--and the world got aviation fever. That summer, a group of champagne companies organized the first ever international air meet in Rheims, France. They knew they could throw a great party and sell a lot of champagne. They didn't know that this single week would change the course of aviation history. Through remarkable photographs, firsthand accounts, and lively narrative, Marty Sandler tells the story of how the Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne marked the public introduction to flight.

Author: Martin W. Sandler
ISBN-10: 1547603445
ISBN-13: 9781547603442
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2020
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.73lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.60w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 512121 / Race Through the Skies: The Week the World Learned to Fly


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2020
Booklist 05/01/2020 pg. 50
School Library Journal 06/01/2020 pg. 85
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2020 pg. 155
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2020
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average