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A buzz swirls around Avondale High School when a new essay contest is announced, promising free flying lessons and drawing eager contestants nine years old and older. Teenager Loretta Larkin declares her intention to enter, surprising her fellow student Jeff Chandler who worries the competition is unladylike. The contest becomes a focal point for debates about ambition, gender expectations, and the desire to learn how to pilot an airplane. Rette, a fellow contestant, pushes back, asking whether learning to fly changes one's identity.
First publish date: 1948
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Betty Cavanna
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