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Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America

By Steve Sheinkin
Illustrators Illustrated by Bijou Karman Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN

9781626721302

Awards and Honors <i>SLJ</i> Best Books - 2019 <br> Bulletin Blue Ribbons - 2019

Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America

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Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first official women-only air race across the US. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations of young women; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane with her own hands before she even learned how to fly; Louise Thaden, who bravely shattered jaw-dropping altitude records; and Elinor Smith, who made headlines at age seventeen when she flew under the Brooklyn Bridge.



Source notes. Works cited. Index. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs.
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