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Amelia Earhart captured the hearts of the nation after becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1928. And her disappearance on an around-the-world flight in 1937 is an enduring mystery.
Based on ten years of research, East to the Dawn provides a richly textured portrait of Earhart in all her complexity. It's the perfect complement to the October 2009 movie Amelia, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Did you know that Amelia Earhart built her own roller coaster before she was ten years old? And what do you suppose happened to her while she was exploring a spooky, dark cave? Find the answers and share the rest of Amelia Earhart's childhood adventures in this award-winning volume of the Young Patriots Series.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
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Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Keith...
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Time twisters volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When Amelia Earhart accidentally time travels back to ancient Greece, Abby and her stepbrother, Doc, must persuade her to return to her own time and finish her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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