The Adventures of Rubi Pi and the Aviation Girls: History of Flight in Storie by Tom Durwood

The Adventures of Rubi Pi and the Aviation Girls: History of Flight in Storie
By Tom Durwood

Publication Date: 5th November 2024

Publisher: Empire Studies Press

Page Length: 478

Genre: Young Adult Historical Fiction

Fly along with Ruby, Sarra, Isoke and other young heroines as they take to the skies to save their families.

Nine scenarios, nine heroines, nine lessons in flight.

Gia travels from Manhattan's Lower East Side to the Aleutian Islands to capture one of the most mysterious warplanes of all time - the Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

Young Yi-Tai Jo falls in love with the homely, misunderstood X-1 rocket jet. Heartbroken at X's failure to break the speed of sound, she may have a solution.

One morning, bratty Anke has a bitter spat with her sister, Romy. Yet when Romy is kidnapped, Anke is the one who can save her - using an old war-kite to glide to the villain's tower. Can she navigate gliding through the Black Forest and save Romy?

Ship-salvager's daughter Sarra defies a garrison to save Father from Rome's wrath. Can her home-made balloon win the day?

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Tom Durwood

Tom Durwood is an accomplished teacher, writer, and editor with a deep interest in history. He most recently taught English Composition and Empire and Literature at Valley Forge Military College, where he was honored with the Teacher of the Year Award five times. In addition, Tom has served as a guest lecturer in Public Speaking and Basic Communications for the Naval Special Warfare Development Group at the Dam’s Neck Annex of the Naval War College.

As the editor of The Journal of Empire Studies, an online scholarly publication, Tom has received praise from notable figures in academia. Peter Suber, Berkman Fellow at Harvard University and advocate for open access, commended the journal as “a new opportunity for overcoming access barriers to knowledge and research.” Dr. Julian Fisher of Scholarly Exchange has also lauded Tom's efforts, noting that The Journal of Empire Studies breaks the traditional scholarly publishing mold by making valuable academic content accessible to all, rather than hiding it behind financial barriers.

Tom’s column “Shelter” ran for seven years in the North County Times. He holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from San Diego, where he also served as Executive Director of San Diego Habitat for Humanity. Tom completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard University, where he edited an arts journal and studied with renowned scholar David McClelland.

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