The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar

In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.

On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot.

Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage and a chance to try.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/06/2018
ISBN: 9781481445023
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/2017
Booklist 12/01/2017 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2017 pg. 134
Publishers Weekly 02/19/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 148
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 195749 / Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5