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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Love takes flight in three connected novellas set at an airport, from the acclaimed author of The Fastest Way to Fall. An airport pet groomer meets her frequent-flier crush and ends up in a fake-dating situation with a professional risk assessor who moonlights as a romance author. Two strangers share a romantic night together only to discover months later that they're professional rivals about to embark on an extended business trip together in this...
2) Five trucks
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.
4) Flight 1-2-3
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A boy counts his way through the airport and onto the plane as it flies towards its destination.
7) Grounded
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
9) Stay with me
Author
Series
Return to Haven volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Outlines a panoramic view of what the authors predict will be the next phase of globalization, describing transportation-centric urban regions designed to keep workers, suppliers, and goods networked within the global marketplace.
11) Love delayed
Author
Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
21 cm
Language
English
Description
A second-chance love connection for book romantics in which former college sweethearts reunite at an airport counter upon their flight cancellation, sparking a night of reflection and what could have been.
13) Before takeoff
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover... Seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light -- and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually a button, which she presses. Before they can figure up from down, strange, impossible things start happening: snowstorms form inside the B terminal; jungles...
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 6
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.
Publisher
Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After Sari caught her boyfriend Zev cheating on her, their romantic Florida vacation was ruined. She can't get back to NYC soon enough. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has different plans. Sari's stuck at the airport for hours. With Zev! Another stranded passenger suggests a connecting flight to Boston. Sari jumps at the chance-- and so does Zev. Can Sari survive being trapped with the guy who broke her heart?
Eighteen-year-old "music god wannabe" Sari...
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 6
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spend the day in the life of a detection dog! Tucker the beagle is more than just a friendly face at the airport. As part of the "Beagle Brigade," he helps keep out invasive species that could hurt the environment. It's a job that would be almost impossible for humans--but for Tucker, it's all in a day's work.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Ryn, eighteen, trapped by a massive blizzard in the Denver airport, meets some unique characters who help her cope with survivor's guilt on the first anniversary of her best friend's death.
20) Capture the flag
Author
Series
Silver Jaguar Society volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, Anne, José, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.
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