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Wright Brothers Booklist

Fiction

• Dawn Over Kitty Hawk: The Novel of the Wright Brothers
  Author: Boyne, Walter J.
  Publisher: Forge $ 24.95 ISBN: 0765304716 Date: 2003
  Commemorating 100 years of powered flight, this is a novel of the two brothers who risked everything to win the race to the skies.
  Updated 11.21.05

Nonfiction

• The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright
  Author: Adams, Noah
  Publisher: Crown $ 22 ISBN: 1400049121 Date: 2003
  The acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling author of Piano Lessons offers arich and personal account of the Wright Brothers and their world, in time for the 100th anniversary of the first flight at Kitty Hawk.
  Updated 11.14.05
• To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
  Author: Tobin, James
  Publisher: Free $ 28 ISBN: 0684856883 Date: 2003
  PW
  Based on extraordinary research in the rich archives of American aviation, and written by one of the nation's most gifted narrative historians, To Conquer the Air brings to life one of history's most exciting contests.
  Updated 11.21.05

For Younger Readers

• First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane
  Author: Busby, Peter
  Publisher: Crown $ 19.95 ISBN: 0375812873 Date: 2003
  SLJ
  With an inspiring text, original paintings, period photographs, and detailed diagrams, the story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is recreated, from their earliest challenges to their final triumph in 1903--building the plane that would change the world.
  Grades: 3-7 Category: Nonfiction
• The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
  Author: Freedman, Russell
  Publisher: Holiday House $ 22.95 ISBN: 0823408752 Date: 1991
  Newbery Honor Book
  Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
  Grades: 7+ Category: Nonfiction
• My Brother's Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me
  Author: Yolen, Jane
  Publisher: Little Brown $ 16.95 ISBN: 0316971596 Date: 2003
  Booklist
  In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight, this story is told from the point of view of their sister, Katherine, who watched her brothers play with a toy flying machine, which was the beginning of their remarkable collaboration.
  Grades: 1-4 Category: Nonfiction