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Book Review of Fire in the Sky (On My Own History)

Fire in the Sky (On My Own History)
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The Hindenburg was on its way! That's all nine-year-old Stenny could think about as he pedaled his bike furiously toward the Naval Air Station on a rainy spring evening in 1937.

Stenny knew everything there was to know about the Hindenburg, and when the giant airship arrived in his hometown of Lakehurst, New Jersey, he was going to be there. Author/illustrator team Candice F. Ransom and Shelly O. Haas take readers back to May 5, 1937, in order to join Stenny as he faces grave danger and learns what it means to be a hero.