Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's 'Chocolate Pilot'
by Michael O. Tunnell
In 1948, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen was one of the many pilots who... read more
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2010
Word Count 10,307
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1130L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 137463, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Berlin (Germany)--History--Blockade, 1948-1949--Juvenile literature
- Berlin (Germany)--History--Blockade, 1948-1949
- United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command--Biography
- Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Air pilots, Military
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Halvorsen, Gail S.--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Europe
- Blockade, 1948-1949
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography
- Berlin (Germany)
- History
- Halvorsen, Gail S
- United States
- 1945-1990
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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2011
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Selection, 2011
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