Race for the sky
Subtitle: the Kitty Hawk diaries of Johnny Moore
By: Dan Gutman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Juvenile fiction; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Juvenile fiction; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Fiction; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Fiction; Flight -- Fiction; Diaries -- Fiction; Outer Banks (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Ordered to practice his writing skills in the blank book his mother gave him, fourteen-year-old Johnny would rather go fishing near his home on North Carolina's Outer Banks and cannot think of anything important to write until two "dingbatters" from Ohio arrive in 1900 and try to build a flying machine.
Notes: Based on the real-life story of Johnny Moore.