The Island of Lost Planes

Kids’ Stories Book

De: Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi

Narrado por: Erin Tracy

Where history takes flight and the horizon never ends.

Thirteen-year-old Maverick always knew his grandfather, Silas, was obsessed with the “dead zones” of the Pacific, but he never expected to find himself trapped in one. When their Cessna 172 is swallowed by a bruised purple sky and a fog that tastes like copper, they don’t crash into the ocean. Instead, they touch down on a jagged emerald island that shouldn’t exist a place where the laws of physics are as fractured as the wreckage littering the jungle floor.

The Island is a living graveyard of aviation history. From WWII dogfighters and mid-century passenger jets to experimental crafts that haven’t been invented yet, every “missing” plane in history has been pulled here by a mysterious force. But the Island doesn’t just collect steel; it feeds on time and memory.

Joined by Millie, a pilot who has been nineteen since 1944, and Sarah, a tech-prodigy from the modern world, Maverick must navigate a landscape of “Spark-Crabs” and “Electric Fog.” As Silas’s memories begin to fade harvested by the island to fuel its own dark evolution Maverick realizes that escaping the “Horizon Fold” isn’t just about finding a runway. He must outsmart a sentient landscape that wants to keep them as its newest exhibits.

With a countdown ticking away on a broken dashboard and a “Map of Starlight” as his only guide, Maverick must take the yoke of a ghost engine and fly a path that no pilot has ever dared.

©2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi (P)2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi