Amelia Earhart

By Andrew Prentice, Mike Smith (Illustrator)

Part of the The First Names series

A daring pilot's final flight ends in mystery.

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160 pages

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Amelia Earhart, once a Kansas tomboy, defied norms to become a pioneering aviator. Her solo Atlantic flight made history, but her ultimate challenge—a global journey—ended in her mysterious disappearance. What happened to this fearless icon?

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See how Amelia Earhart went from a little Kansas tomboy to a high-flying feminist icon Before Amelia Earhart (1897-1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot. She signed up for flying lessons and cropped her hair short so that the other pilots would take her seriously. She became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With each flight she took and each record she broke, Amelia became more and more of a celebrity. Her final flight was intended to be a trip around the whole world, but her plane disappeared after takeoff–and her disappearance is still a mystery today. Inspirational, highly illustrated, and full of adventure, Amelia Earhart tells the story of the feminist icon who changed the world of aviation. It includes a timeline, glossary, and index.

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