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Amelia Earhart : this broad ocean / by Sarah Stewart Taylor & [illustrations by] Ben Towle ; with an introduction by Eileen Collins.

Taylor, Sarah Stewart. (Author). Towle, Ben, (illustrator.). Towle, Ben. (Added Author). Center for Cartoon Studies. (Added Author).

Summary:

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. 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1423113373
  • ISBN: 9781423113379
  • Physical Description: vii, 78 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, [2010]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 78).
Target Audience Note:
GN1080L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 1 135013.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject:
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 > Juvenile literature.
Air pilots > United States > Biography.
Air pilots > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Caricatures and cartoons.
Caricatures and cartoons > Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Women air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Comics (Graphic works)

Available copies

  • 29 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 29 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library JUV BIO EAR (Text) 37810434883509 Juvenile Graphic Novel Available -
Albertson Community Library JB EARHART TAY (Text) 30372101009576 Juvenile Biography Available -
Black Mountain Library j629.13092 TAY (Text) 0020513798817 Juvenile New Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library YA 741.5 Tay (Text) 540191010007028 Young Adult Graphic Novel Available -
Camden County Library J B EARHART (Text) 39488900251200 Juvenile Biography Available -
Cumberland Headquarters JB EARHART (Text) 31781050516960 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Dorothy Wightman Library JB EARHART TAY (Text) 30372101009543 Juvenile Biography Available -
East Asheville Library J629.13092 TAY (Text) 0020508573985 Juvenile Graphic Novel Available -
Eden Library JB Earhart (Text) 31554009154393 Juvenile Graphic Novel Available -
Emily Hill Library JB EARHART TAY (Text) 30372101009568 Juvenile Biography Available -

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Summary: 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. 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.