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Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore Hardcover - 2003
by Dan Gutman
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight, Gutman delivers the fictional diary of a boy who helps the Wrights' build their flying machine, giving a new perspective to the historical events. Illustrations.
Summary
Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history by becoming the first people to fly. But Johnny's life changes years before the dramatic first flight, when his mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it.
At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine.
Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!
At first, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about in his journal. When he does put his pencil to the paper, his spelling and grammar are terrible. But pretty soon some "dingbatters" from Ohio, called the Wright brothers, breeze into town and Johnny starts to have more of a story to tell. Before he knows it, he is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine.
Over the course of three years, he forms a friendship with the odd brothers from Ohio, improves his writing and grammar quite a bit, and if he waits long enough, he might even get to fly!
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- Title Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore
- Author Dan Gutman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition F
- Pages 178
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
- Date 2003-11-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780689845543 / 0689845545
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.34 x 5.78 x 0.7 in (21.18 x 14.68 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 10 to 14 years
- Grade levels 5 - 9
- Reading level 880
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Geographic Orientation: North Carolina
- Library of Congress subjects Diaries, Flight
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003011527
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/2004, Page 856
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2004, Page 93
- Kliatt, 11/01/2003, Page 5
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2004, Page 129
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