Rescue Flight! (Wings of Adventure)

By Susanne Wright

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974020206
• ISBN13: 9780974020204
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Skyword Pr
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

Exciting action adventure

"Rescue Flight" tells the story of ten-year-old Will O'Malley, a tall gangly kid who loves airplanes, and whose great-uncle "Pops" O'Malley, a bush pilot, invites him on a two-week flying adventure in the rugged Badger Mountains of Oregon. The simple vacation becomes a life-and-death strugle when an excaped convict grabs the two. Will, who has never flown solo before must steal the plane back from the convict and fly it from a remote mountain airstrip. If he fails, his severely injured uncle will soon die. The result is an adventure story, told in a style that is accessible but doesn't talk down to young readers. The final two chapters detailing Will's perilous escape flight are truly gripping for readers of any age. The problem of a ten-year-old making his first solo flight under such harrowing conditions draws the reader in with page-turnng intensity, and there are plenty of realistic aviation details for the most enthusiastic aviation buff.