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2015., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 910.4 GROVE Gro Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: " In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries--Great Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, and Argentina--had the same goal, and so the quest became a race. Who would win?"--Jacket.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 910.4 1 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Documents the efforts of four American planes to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight in 1924.
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2020., Beaming Books Call No: 629.13092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Shaesta Waiz, a refugee from Afghanistan, dreamed of doing great things. But first she had to leave a refugee camp with her family to make a new life in America, overcome gender stereotypes, be the first in her family to go to college, and overcome her fear of flying. After becoming a pilot, Shaesta made the flight of a lifetime by crossing five continents, making thirty stops in twenty-two countries across nearly 25,000 nautical miles. At the age of thirty, Shaesta was the youngest woman and the first from Afghanistan to circumnavigate the globe by herself in a single-engine aircraft.
