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Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016 | Biographies
In 1964, thirty-eight-year-old Ohio mother-of-three Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world in her tiny Cessna, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2016
This exciting narrative, which is full of hair-raising adventures and narrow escapes, introduces readers to Jerrie Mock, a little-known figure whose accomplishment was eclipsed by larger world events of the time, including the Vietnam War. The fact that Mock was a bored housewife—not a dedicated explorer—yet became the first woman to fly a plane around the world makes her story particularly inspiring. Quotes from period new...Log In or Sign Up to Read More