Book of the Week

Come by the library and check out the book of the week.  If it's something you're interested in, let us know and we'll put a hold on it for you.  It will start circulating at the end of the week.

Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl

From the publisher:
Immediately compelling and action-packed, this carefully researched work of historical fiction introduces young readers to the childhood of the famous yet elusive Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo from England to North America.  MacColl propels readers into a multilayered story with an unforgettable heroine and evocative language that brings the backdrop of colonial British East Africa to life. A fascinating read for anyone with a thirst for adventure.

From your librarian:
I picked this up on Sunday morning and finished it Sunday evening.  It was engaging from the start.  I love a good adventure story and this was very satisfying.  The majority of this book is a fictionalized account of Markham's childhood in Africa.  We read accounts of leopard and and lion attacks, lion hunts, runaway horses, and a tragic year spent a boarding school.  Each chapter is followed by a fictionalized account of Markham's historic solo flight across the Atlantic.  The journal entries, interviews and newspaper articles take the reader on that flight from beginning to end.  An informative afterward and bibliography explain the fact from the fiction in the novel and provide the reader with options for more information.

Sources:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/promise-the-night.html