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Author:

Ackerman, Sara, author.

Title:

The uncharted flight of Olivia West : [large print] : a novel / Sara Ackerman.

Format:

[large print] :

Edition:

Large type ed.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

495 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Dole Air Race (1927)--Fiction.
FICTION / Women
Airplane racing--Fiction.
Women air pilots--Fiction.
Aeronautics--Competitions--Fiction.
Aeronautics--History--20th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Large type books--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Hawaii--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes discussion questions and author's note with background information.

Summary:

"1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race -- a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawaii -- she sets her sights on qualifying. But it soon becomes clear that only men will make the cut. In a last-ditch effort to take part, Livy manages to be picked as a navigator for one of the pilots, before setting out on a harrowing journey that some will not survive. 1987. Wren Summers is down to her last dime when she learns she has inherited a remote piece of land on the Big Island with nothing on it but a dilapidated barn and an overgrown mac nut grove. She plans on selling it and using the money to live on, but she is drawn in by the mysterious objects kept in the barn by her late great-uncle -- clues to a tragic piece of aviation history lost to time. Determined to find out what really happened all those years ago, Wren enlists the help of residents at a nearby retirement home to uncover Olivia's story piece by piece. What she discovers is more earth-shattering, and closer to home, than she could have ever imagined."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9798891640474

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1418676056

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TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

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JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

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TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

FDPC194 -- Upham Memorial Library (Fredericksburg)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

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CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)