Promise the Night (27 page)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

MacColl, Michaela.

Promise the night / by Michaela MacColl.

Summary: Explores the early life of Beryl Markham, who grew up on a farm in Kenya, and became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.

ISBN 978-1-4521-1147-6

1. Markham, Beryl—Juvenile fiction. 2. Markham, Beryl—Childhood and youth—Juvenile fiction. 3. Women air pilots—Kenya—Juvenile fiction. 4. Women air pilots—Great Britain—Juvenile fiction. 5. Kenya—History—1895-1963— Fiction. [1. Markham, Beryl—Childhood and youth—Fiction. 2. Air pilots—Fiction. 3. Kenya—History—1895-1963—Fiction.] I. Title.

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