IllustratorsIllustrated by Ben TowlePublisherHyperionImprintHyperionISBN
9781423113379
Awards and Honors2011 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, Fiction; 2011 Amelia Bloomer List, Fiction, Middle Readers; Booklist 2010 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biography
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.
The 14 books in this category are kid-friendly, age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction titles featuring sequential art and text designed to attract avid and reluctant readers alike.