Customer Reviews

Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore

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A nice yarn! I think the author goes a little too far with poetic license. Did Johnny More really know the Wrights?

I do not think so!! I was disappointed on the last pages. A good fiction read.

My 3rd grader read this for a program at school (which is coincidentally named Wright Elementary). When I first saw the book was about the Wright brothers I thought to myself... "BORING". However, after reading with her a few nights I was pleasantly surprised. We both really enjoyed the book. It has a fun, child like perspective on things. She scored 100% on the retention test after she finished reading it which tells me she was "really into it" :) One note though: Johnny Moore's grammar through out the book was a bit poor so it was, at times, difficult for a third grader to understand/read.

The other reviewer is wrong. Johnny did too know the Wrights. Gutman admitted to this in the back. All he said was that he wasn't a daily presence at the camp like he portayed him to be. This book is extremely informative, and is quite an easy read. I recommend it to those looking to write an easy research paper on a historical fiction novel.