FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS · HERITAGE HOLLOW BOOK 9
The Airport at Midnight
Red and white lights circle a little airfield long after the last plane has landed. No engine. No sound. In this airplane mystery book for kids, your child tests every guess with real science.
Paperback $11.45 · Kindle $3.99 · Included with Kindle Unlimited
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WHY THIS BOOK
Most kids’ books entertain… or they teach. This one does both.
The Airport at Midnight is an airplane mystery book for kids where the science is how the case gets solved, not a lecture tacked onto the end. By morning, the whole town is sure the lights were a UFO, a ghost plane or a secret government project. Your child learns to do what real scientists do: test every guess, one change at a time, until only the evidence is left standing.
What your child walks away with
Real science, woven right into an airplane mystery book for kids.
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The forces of flight
The four forces of flight, and why bird wings and airplane wings share one shape.
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Weather and sound
Windsocks, air pressure, dew point, how fog forms, and why the wind can carry sound away.
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Radar and migration
How radar works, why birds migrate, and how they find their way by the stars.
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Thinking like a scientist
Drones, heat cameras, light pollution, the OBSERVE rule, and how to run a fair test.
The story
At midnight, from the town clock tower, raccoon detectives Slick and Muffin see red and white lights circling the little airfield. Then the lights hang perfectly still and blink out, without a sound. By morning, dozens of worn-out songbirds are sitting on the hangar roof.
Jonah, who knows everything about airplanes, is sure it was a secret test plane. Wren, who knows everything about birds, is sure it’s all about the birds. With Captain Bea, a retired pilot who reads the weather like a newspaper, they test every guess.
The trail runs from the runway to the weather station, into a dark hangar, through a foggy night stakeout, and finally in front of a radar screen full of birds.
Why parents choose Heritage Hollow
Safe and gentle. No villains, no danger. Just careful questions and real evidence.
Learning without homework. Kids learn because they want to know what those lights really were.
Changing your mind is a strength. The kids cross off their own ideas when the evidence says so.
A series to grow with. Nine books, each a complete mystery that teaches a different subject.
FREE FAMILY ACTIVITY
Try it tonight: the Night Sky Science Kit
Every chapter is built for a family read-aloud, and the book ends with a Night Sky Science Kit to take outside.
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Read a chapter together.
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Study the full-color See How It Works diagram.
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Do the Field Notebook Challenge and its hands-on Try It activity, then check the answer key.
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Bonus: use the family “Lights Out” checklist and try a backyard bird count.
FOR TEACHERS & HOMESCHOOL
A ready-made science unit
This airplane mystery book for kids has a full-color See How It Works diagram and a Field Notebook Challenge in every chapter, plus an answer key in the back. It pairs flight, weather and life science in one story. Three questions to start the discussion:
- Why do bird wings and airplane wings share the same shape?
- Jonah and Wren were each sure they were right. How did they find out?
- What does “change one thing at a time” mean in a fair test?
Parent questions about this airplane mystery book for kids
What age is it for?
This airplane mystery book for kids is for ages 9 to 12, about grades 4 to 6. It also works well as a family read-aloud.
Is it scary? There are UFO rumors.
No. The town’s rumors are just guesses the kids test and set aside. There are no villains and no danger, only careful questions and real evidence.
Does my child need to read Books 1 to 8 first?
No. Each Heritage Hollow book is a complete mystery. If your child liked the codes in Book 7, The Museum’s Secret Alphabet, this one swaps codes for science.
My child loves airplanes but not reading. Is this a good fit?
Yes. Jonah is the airplane expert in the story, and the hands-on Try It activities give active kids something to do between chapters.
Paperback or Kindle?
Both are on Amazon. The paperback is 131 full-color pages in a large 8.5 by 8.5 inch format, which makes the diagrams easy to see. The Kindle edition is included with Kindle Unlimited.
The Heritage Hollow Adventures
Nine mysteries, nine subjects, ending with an airplane mystery book for kids. Collect the whole shelf.
1 · Maps
2 · Fossils
3 · Wildlife
4 · Words
5 · Morse code
6 · Time
7 · Language
8 · Civics
9 · Flight
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Give them a mystery worth solving.
The Airport at Midnight by Margaret “Maggie” Fenwick · Ages 9–12
Buy the Paperback → Kindle EditionSee all nine books on the Heritage Hollow books page.
