Displaying 1 of 1 2002 Title: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot : a true story of the Berlin airlift and the candy that dropped from the sky Author: Raven, Margot Theis. Format: Book Publisher, Date: Chelsea, Mich. : Sleeping Bear Press, [2002] ©2002 Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm illustration Summary: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift. Audience: 850 Lexile. 1000L Lexile. Subjects: Halvorsen, Gail S., 1920-2022 -- Juvenile literature. Simon, Mercedes -- Juvenile literature. United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command -- Biography. Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Girls -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Military air pilots. World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany. Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography. Girls -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography. Berlin (Germany) -- History -- Blockade, 1948-1949 -- Juvenile literature. Germany -- History -- 1945-1955. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbert van. Reading Level: Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 ISBN 1585360694 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
