Fly girls : how five daring women defied all odds and made aviation history
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
629.13 O'Br
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 6.4, 8 Points
Lexile measure
910

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General Note
"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-327) and index.
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--,Provided by publisher.
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"Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout who worked for a dry cleaner in Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama housewife; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at the constraints of her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the mother of two young kids who got her start selling coal in Wichita, Kansas. Together they fought for the chance to race against the men--and in 1936 one of them would triumph in the toughest race of all."--Dust jacket flap.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,6.4,8,503238.

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