{"product_id":"fly-girls-keith-obrien-9781328592798","title":"Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History","description":"A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice * A \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book for Summer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eFly Girls\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence Klingensmith, a high school dropout from Fargo, North Dakota; Ruth Elder, an Alabama divorc馥; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328592790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328592798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e503238 \/ Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History: Young Readers' Edition\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Keith O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053890138367,"sku":"9781328592798","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d930cc69-f043-4400-b6b9-431b2d8f61e6.jpg?v=1685026820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fly-girls-keith-obrien-9781328592798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}