Summary Of Kimberly's Flight

Kimberly’s Flight is a story about the life of a young, beautiful, and intelligent girl named Kimberly Hampton, whom died living her dream. The story is told through interviews and her e-mails to family and friends. The beginning of the book illustrates Kimberly as a young girl with the dreams of flying planes and helicopters in combat. Kimberly’s determination and hard work resulted into Kimberly being a top scholar and the ROTC commander. In 1998, Hampton was commissioned into the army. Her drive of determination rose her ranks to Captain. In 2004, during combat in Iraq, Kimberly’s helicopter was hit by an explosion which caused the helicopter to crash, killing Kimberly. She is one of the first females to be killed in combat. This book was