Author: Shelley Lanaka
Title: Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator
Illustrator: David Craig
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: History
Primary and Secondary characters: Primary- Amelia Earhart
Awards, date of publication: 2008, Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Publishing company:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Summary: This book tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the first woman who was a pilot. Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Earhart's story begins when Amelia is 11 and a plane is pointed out to her at an Iowa fair. She is unimpressed then, but she volunteered as a nurse during World War 2 and fell in love with planes then. She became the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, then setting her own flight records. This book has great illustrations and offers some great pictures of her when she is young. This book would be great to use when discussing women's history.
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