Sloan, Carolyn

An account of the first flight over the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to England, made in 1919 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown.

While recuperating from the mumps at the zoo keeper's home, a penguin meets a strange animal called a vacuum cleaner.

A mysterious "sea child" ventures into a nearby village where she meets a lonely nine-year-old.

Recounts Helen's life and her triumph over appalling handicaps in the face of insuperable odds.