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Title details for Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien - Available

Fly Girls

by Keith O'Brien
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A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer

Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. While male pilots were lauded as heroes, the few women who dared to fly were more often ridiculed—until a cadre of women pilots banded together to break through the entrenched prejudice.
Fly Girls weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout from Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama divorcée; Amelia Earhart, the most famous, but not necessarily the most skilled; Ruth Nichols, who chafed at her blue blood family's expectations; and Louise Thaden, the young mother of two who got her start selling coal in Wichita. Together, they fought for the chance to fly and race airplanes—and in 1936, one of them would triumph, beating the men in the toughest air race of them all.

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  • Release date

    August 7, 2018

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781328876720
      • File size: 39942 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781328876720
      • File size: 41554 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.4
    • Lexile® Measure: 910
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.4
  • Lexile® Measure:910
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5