Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart

by Angela Bull

Amelia Earhart by Angela Bull is the biography of the famous American flying ace, who became the first woman to fly the Atlantic. With her husband (also her publicist), she plotted an even bigger hat -- to fly mound the world. She set off, completed several legs, and then disappeared. The search that followed revealed nothing. To this day, what happened to Amelia Earhart remains one of the great mysteries of our time.

[DK Readers: Level 4]

Genres: History, Childrens, Transport

Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Angela Bull (Mary, née Leach) was born at Halifax, Yorkshire, England on September 28, 1936.
She was educated at Badminton School and at Edinburgh University where she graduated with honours in English 1959.

Reviews

[Claire Binkley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of this trivia I knew and some of it I did not. It is always worthwhile to pick up an interesting book in my opinion, even if it looks like it might be "underwhelming" or "a waste of time," since some of it is handy later on, like the curiosity to look into aerodynamics & such.

Who knows what happened to Amelia Earhart? I originally became acquainted with the name when I was learning Latin I in middle school long ago - Aemilia was the name of the mother character in my textbook.

So I liked this book and think you would too.

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

The older kids at my school will probably find this interesting. I'm just bumping into Amelia Earhart all over the place lately. This is my third book about her or where she's referenced in just a week or so!

[Heather Brownlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a lot of information in this text about Amelia Earhart. As it was aimed at children I am not sure if it was too much text. I liked that there were illustrations as well as real pictures. They also had pictures included to show what was going on in society at the time. I think that without the images included this would have been a more boring text that I wouldn't recommend. The pictures saved it for me, but I would recommend to a more advanced reader.