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Flight #116 is Down!
Contributor(s): Cooney, Caroline B. (Author)

ISBN: 0590444794 ISBN-13: 9780590444798
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

OUR PRICE: $5.94

Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1997
* Out of Print *

Annotation: A deafening roar fills the air and the sky glows red as flight #116 crashes in the woods just beyond Heidi's house. Mustering strength and courage she never knew she possessed, Heidi works with others to help the victims.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 97808652

Age Level: 12-15

Grade Level: 7-10

Lexile Measure: 710(Not Available)

Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8)

Series: Point

Physical Information: 0.58" H x 4.28" W x 6.81" L (0.22 lbs) 208 pages

Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - New York

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Winner, Grades 4-8, 1995
Virginia Readers Choice Award, Winner, Middle School, 1995
Golden Sower Award, Winner, Young Adult, 1994

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 976
Publishers Weekly 03/15/1993

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 6046
Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
5:10 p.m.: 16-year-old Heidi Landseth is in her home near New York City. Her parents are away on business and she is lonely and bored. 5:15 p.m.: Across town, 17-year-old Patrick Farquhar, a volunteer rescue worker, longs for an emergency. 5:30 p.m.: Flight #116, a 747 jumbo jet, is nearing the New York area.5:41 p.m.: Suddenly, a deafening roar fills the air and a violent wind sucks Heidi's breath from her body. A huge plane has crashed in the woods just beyond her house. Mustering strength and courage, Heidi--alone at first, and then with the aid of Patrick and hundreds of others--works to help the victims. It is a night that will change her life.

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