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Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest
Contributor(s): Bissonette, Aimee (Author), Ettlinger, Doris (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1585363812     ISBN-13: 9781585363810
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.29  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2018
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women
Dewey: 629.130
LCCN: 2018006625
Lexile Measure: 740
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9.2" W x 11" (1.00 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
When she was seven years old, Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock took her first airplane ride. She decided then and there to be a pilot. Growing up, she was inspired by radio broadcasts detailing the travels of aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Joan Merriam was 15 when she took her first plane ride in 1952. She got her pilot's license before she could even drive a car. And like Jerrie, Joan too was inspired by Earhart and wanted to circle the globe, following Earhart's exact route. Years later, when both women begin to plan their dream flights, they are completely unaware of each other, and coincidentally pick the same time to depart. But when the media gets word of their plans, the stage is set for the race of a lifetime. This picture book retells the extraordinary story of the 1964 air race between Americans Geraldine Mock and Joan Merriam Smith, the first two women to fly around the world.