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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Amelia Earhart	Sarah Stewart Taylor	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 At…	OL15451853W
Before Amelia	Eileen F. Lebow	"Amelia Earhart is, without a doubt, the world's most famous woman aviator, but she was not the first. Dozens of women pilots were in the vanguard of early aviation more than a decade before Amelia l…	OL15834759W
Jacqueline Cochran	Rhonda Smith-Daugherty	"This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. This deta…	OL16572082W
Soaring home	Christine Johnson	"Small-town girl Darcy Shea aspires to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. All she needs is a plane, flight lessons--and the luck to avoid marriage. A husband would never allow her t…	OL16620515W
Velva Jean learns to fly	Jennifer Niven	Velva Jean leaves Appalachia to pursue her dream of being a singer, but instead discovers she wants to be a female pilot after her brother treats her to a surprise flying lesson.	OL16679814W
The women who flew for Hitler	Clare Mulley	"Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a pas…	OL19716132W
Amelia Earhart	Marilyn S. Rosenthal	A biography of the aviator and women's rights advocate who disappeared while trying to fly around the world.	OL1984437W
The huntress	Alice Arlen	"The fascinating biography of the maverick newspaperwoman, equestrian, aviatrix and intrepid adventurer Alicia Patterson, which follows her exceptional exploits through the first half of the 20th cen…	OL20035447W
Blackbirds	Garry Ryan	"When young Sharon Lacey travels from Canada to England in the spring of 1940, in search of the father she never knew, she finds herself called upon to participate in a much larger and more dangerous…	OL20638045W
Amelia Earhart	John Parlin	A biography of the pilot who became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean and the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.	OL2127742W
Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic	Nelson Yomtov	"Exciting illustrations follow the events of Amelia Earhart's flight across the Atlantic. The combination of brightly colored panels and leveled text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--	OL22316566W
Entertaining war	Lynn A. Carroll	No one expected this kind of terrorist. Lieutenant Colonel Laura "Fox" Den is a fighter pilot and the first woman to command an F-22 Raptor squadron. Widowed five years before by a terrorist attack t…	OL24162030W
Aerospace	J. M Skogen	Presents profiles of women who broke barriers in the field of aerospace by becoming pilots and astronauts.	OL24246995W
Spitfire girls	Carol Gould	Edith Allam, an American Jewess, develops a friendship with one of Germany's legendary women photographers who, like Edith is also avaitrix.	OL24299966W
Amelia Earhart	Jan Parr	Examines the life and disappearance of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane by herself.	OL2641434W
Beyond cloud nine	Greg Spry	Ace star fighter pilot Brooke Davis lives for pushing hundreds of gees in orbital combat, but she'd give it all up in a moment to become the first human to fly faster than light. When Brooke stumbles…	OL27676959W
Amelia Earhart	Anita Larsen	Reviews the haunting case of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in 1937 while attempting an around the world flight and offers possible scenarios of what might actually have happened.	OL3951949W
First Born	Lindsay McKenna	Jason Trayhern wore his father's glorious military legacy like a thorny crown.Though a skilled fighter pilot himself, Jason's rebel tactics didn't sit well with his commanding officers. They expected…	OL5724117W
Beryl Markham	Catherine Gourley	Describes the life of the first person, man or woman, to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, from her childhood in Africa through many difficulties to her aeronautic and literary achieve…	OL66653W
Amelia Earhart; First Lady of the Air	Jerry Seibert	A biography of the aviation pioneer who was the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.	OL7344547W