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NIGHT FLIGHT: AMELIA EARHART CROSSES THE ATLANTIC

Night Flight
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Burleigh
Author's First Name: 
Robert
Illustrator's First Name: 
Wendell
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Minor
Publisher: 
Paula Wiseman
Publication Date: 
2011
Free verse captures the anxiety, exhaustion, and exhilaration of Amelia Earhart’s first transatlantic flight in 1932 while dramatic watercolor and gouache illustrations from ever-shifting perspectives portray the lone pilot pitted against the sea and sky.