First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race cover

First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race

Author: Grove, Tim

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.7
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 19140
Points per Word 0.000157
Page Count 88
Points per Page 0.034091

Description

This account of the 1924 race between six nations to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by airplane describes the efforts of the U.S. team as they struggled to overcome limited technology, dangerous weather, and unfamiliar cultures.