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40 pp.
| Dial |
March, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3125-7$16.99
(4)
K-3
Violet, ostracized for creating flying machines instead of being girly, hopes to earn respect by winning an air show. She misses the show when, en route, she rescues some boy scouts--which carries its own rewards. There's a message-y, plot-by-numbers aspect to the story for which the mixed-media illustrations, spotlighting Violet's inventions (the Bicycopter, the Pogo Plane), partly compensate.