Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

by Keith O'Brien

Book Overview

From NPR correspondent Keith O' Brien comes this thrilling Young Readers' edition of the untold story about pioneering women, including Amelia Earhart, who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s--and won.

In the years between World War I and World War II, airplane racing was one of the most popular sports in America. Thousands of fans flocked to multiday events, and the pilots...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1328618420
• ISBN13: 9781328618429
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher