You can fly : the Tuskegee Airmen
(Book)
Contributors
Weatherford, Jeffery Boston illustrator.
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016].
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Florida Public Library - Children's Nonfiction | J 811.6 Wea | On Shelf |
Greenwood Lake Public Library - Children's Nonfiction | J 811.6 WEA | On Shelf |
Haverstraw Garnerville - Children's Nonfiction | J 811.6 Wea | On Shelf |
Haverstraw Village - Children's Nonfiction | J 811.6 Wea | On Shelf |
Middletown-Thrall Public Library District - Children's Nonfiction | J 811.6 Wea | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American air pilots -- History -- Juvenile poetry.
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Juvenile poetry.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Group, 332nd -- Juvenile poetry.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Squadron, 99th -- History -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile poetry.
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Juvenile poetry.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Group, 332nd -- Juvenile poetry.
United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Squadron, 99th -- History -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Juvenile poetry.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile poetry.
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Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 6, 1 Points
Level 6, 1 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford s innovative history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier. I WANT YOU! says the poster of Uncle Sam. But if you re a young black man in 1940, he doesn t want you in the cockpit of a war plane. Yet you are determined not to let that stop your dream of flying. So when you hear of a civilian pilot training program at Tuskegee Institute, you leap at the chance. Soon you are learning engineering and mechanics, how to communicate in code, how to read a map. At last the day you ve longed for is here: you are flying! From training days in Alabama to combat on the front lines in Europe, this is the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the groundbreaking African-American pilots of World War II. In vibrant second-person poems, Carole Boston Weatherford teams up for the first time with her son, artist Jeffery Weatherford, in a powerful and inspiring book that allows readers to fly, too.
Target Audience
Grades 4-6.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Weatherford, C. B., & Weatherford, J. B. (2016). You can fly: the Tuskegee Airmen (First edition.). Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- and Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 2016. You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- and Jeffery Boston Weatherford. You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Weatherford, Carole Boston, and Jeffery Boston Weatherford. You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen First edition., Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016.
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