High Flyers
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-64160-589-2 (ISBN)
Soar beside Black Hawk helicopter pilot turned politician Tammy Duckworth, hot air balloonist Edgora McEwan, or medevac pilot Dede Murawsky. Higher up, meet commercial and military aviators such as the Coast Guard’s Ronaqua Russell, the first African American female to receive the prestigious Air Medal for her rescue efforts during Hurricane Harvey.
Next, ride along with Tammie Jo Shults, whose story includes a harrowing catastrophic engine failure while in command of 148 people aboard Southwest’s Flight 1380. Others share their experiences in military high-performance jets, the Stratotanker, or while flying for the Blue Angels.
Reaching past the bounds of Earth are astronauts who have launched in the cramped Russian rocket, the Soyuz, orbited Earth while conducting critical science experiments, or lived aboard the International Space Station.
In all cases, the women in this book faced obstacles. Throughout their rise to incredible accomplishment, these courageous go-getters persevered and endured, insisting on success. Ultimately, each succeeded on her path to flight.
These diverse high-flyers are dreamers and doers who believed, despite the odds, that soaring is possible.
Ann McCallum Staats is the author of Thrill Seekers,Women Heroes of the US Army, The Secret Life of Math - which won ForeWord's INDIE Gold Book of the Year - and the Eat Your Homework series. She holds a BA in Education from University of Victoria, BC, and an MA in Education from the University of Maryland. She is currently an ESOL high school teacher and a member of SCBWI and the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC.
Introduction
Part I: Elevated [10,000 to 18,000 feet]
1. Brooke Roman: Flying over Alaska
2. Tammy Duckworth: Pilot Turned Politician
3. Edgora McEwan: On the Rise
4. Dede Murawsky: Horseback to Medevac
5. Anne MacDonald: A Rank Above
Part II: Altitude [30,000 to 45,000 feet]
6. Tammie Jo Shults: Flying Past the No’s
7. Katie Higgins Cook: Blue Angel Icon
8. Olga Custodio: Where there’s a Will
9. Kimberly Scott Ford: The Glide-Path Forward
10. Ronaqua Russell: SemperParatus—Always Ready
Part III: Outside Earth [62+ miles]
11. Mae C. Jemison: No Limits
12. Ellen Ochoa: Music Amongst the Stars
13. Samantha Cristoforetti: Home in Space
14. Karen Nyberg: Space Artist
15. Anousheh Ansari: Entrepreneur in Space
Afterword
Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.07.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Women of Power |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chicago |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 362 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64160-589-8 / 1641605898 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64160-589-2 / 9781641605892 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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