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(0)Mona Kerby
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a child, Amelia Earhart wondered why there were no heroines in her favorite adventure stories. She resolved to change that when she grew up. And so she did, becoming one of the pioneers of aviation. Not only was Amelia the first woman in the world to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, she was the first person to cross it twice. Her life became a great adventure story—and a mystery, too. In 1937, on an around-the-world flight, Amelia disappeared....
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), col. map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling aroud the world by mail boat in 132 days.