Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean
By:
Illustrator: Ben Towle
Grace, an aspiring young journalist, is excited when Amelia Earhart arrives in her town of Trepassey, Newfoundland, on June 4, 1928. Earhart wants to become the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. After trying to get airborne for nearly two weeks, Earhart and her pilot unload all the excess fuel and take off. Grace is there to see them-and to receive Earhart's telegram announcing their arrival in Ireland after twenty hours and forty minutes in flight. Introduction. Discussion of panel illustrations. Bibliography and suggested reading. Two-color illustrations.
ISBN: 9781423113379
JLG Release: Mar 2010
Sensitive Areas:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse
Topics:
Amelia Earhart
, Women pilots
, Pilots
, Journalism
Awards & Honors
2011 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Fiction; 2011 Amelia Bloomer List, Fiction, Middle Readers; Booklist 2010 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biography
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
The Horn Book Guide^, Publishers Weekly, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Horn Book
Narrator Grace, who handwrites a newspaper for her small Newfoundland town, is riveted by Amelia Earhart. She gets the chance to ask Earhart all about her life when the pilot comes to town. Taylor delivers just the right amount of information in the text. Towle's black, white, and cyan drawings are moody and dramatic, evoking a strong sense of plac Narrator Grace, who handwrites a newspaper for her small Newfoundland town, is riveted by Amelia Earhart. She gets the chance to ask Earhart all about her life when the pilot comes to town. Taylor delivers just the right amount of information in the text. Towle's black, white, and cyan drawings are moody and dramatic, evoking a strong sense of place and time period. Reading list. Bib.
Junior Library Guild
• Sarah Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle’s graphic-novel presentation will pique the reader’s interest in Amelia Earhart, while Grace’s story is compelling in its own right.
• The artwork is dramatic and often propels the story wordlessly.
• Includes fascinating details of Earhart’s transatlantic flight, in particular the h
• Sarah Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle’s graphic-novel presentation will pique the reader’s interest in Amelia Earhart, while Grace’s story is compelling in its own right.
• The artwork is dramatic and often propels the story wordlessly.
• Includes fascinating details of Earhart’s transatlantic flight, in particular the hardships she endured on her flight attempts and the pressure she felt from other women competing with her to set the record.
• The story shows a parallel between Earhart facing prejudice in the aviation world because she is female, and Grace, who is just beginning to encounter discrimination as a journalist.
Book Details
ISBN
9781423113379
First Release
March 2010
Genre
Historical fiction.
Dewey Classification
629.13092 B
Trim Size
6 3/4" x 10"
Page Count
96
Accelerated Reader
Level 3.7; Points: 1;
Scholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
N/AFormat
Print Book
Edition
-
Publisher
Hyperion
Potentially Sensitive Areas
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse
Topics
Amelia Earhart, Women pilots, Pilots, Journalism,
