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Starred Review on February 1, 2021 | Fiction
Houston "Huck" Finn, a precocious 14-year-old, has built, flown, and crashed his own glider, but he's on to bigger things. It's 1937 in rural Montana, and with the Great Depression in full swing, Huck has to economize with parts from Model Ts and vacuum cleaners to build a two-seater mono wing, following instructions in the 1932 Flying and Glider Manual. He uses the back room of his father's machine shop and the expertise of a blacksmith named Yakima McKee to build hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More