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Fleming's biography of the famous pilot begins with the radio exchange just before her disappearance. Her last recorded words-"We are on line 157–337. We will repeat message...we are running on line north and south"-were an attempt to locate the radio frequency of Howlan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 4–7—Ho-hum history? Not in Fleming's apt hands. What could be a dry recitation of facts and dates is instead a gripping and suspenseful thriller. Even though readers likely know the end of the story, Fleming makes this book difficult to put down by moving between several accounts of Earhart's disappearance and her chronological life story. Quotes from primary sources are woven so seamlessly throughout that it seems as though the individuals involved are telling the story. The ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The book's title references newspaper headlines run on July 3, 1937, one day after Earhart lost radio contact with the coast guard ship Itasca. Fleming begins her gripping narrative aboard that ship, which was helping guide Amelia to tiny Howland Island for refueling. After a cliffhanger chapter-ender—"in the radio room…the other crew members sat listening to the mournful sound of that static.' Where, they wondered, was Amelia Earhart?"—the text backs up to explore Amelia's early life. Fleming has mined the w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fleming begins her gripping narrative aboard the <i>Itasca</i>, a ship helping guide Earhart to Howland Island for refueling. The text then...Log In or Sign Up to Read More