All my love to Bryan, Maureen, and Aliza—and to my parents,
Bev and Clem, who taught me to believe the sky’s the limit.
—Aimée
For Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock and Joan Merriam Smith
—Doris
Cessna is a trademark of Cessna Aircraft Company.
Piper Apache was designed and built by Piper Aircraft, Inc.
Text Copyright © 2018 Aimée Bissonette
Illustration Copyright © 2018 Doris Ettlinger
Design Copyright © 2018 Sleeping Bear Press
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner
without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bissonette, Aimée M., author. | Ettlinger, Doris, illustrator.
Title: Aim for the skies : Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith’s race to
complete Amelia Earhart’s quest / written by Aimée Bissonette ;
illustrated by Doris Ettlinger.
Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2018] | Audience: Age 6-10.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018006625 | ISBN 9781585363810
Subjects: LCSH: Aeronautics—Competitions—Juvenile literature. | Flights
around the world—Juvenile literature. | Mock, Jerrie, 1925-2014—Juvenile
literature. | Smith, Joan Merriam, 1936-1965—Juvenile literature. |
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937—Juvenile literature. | Women air
pilots—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. |
Aeronautics—Records—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TL537 .B57 2018 | DDC 629.13092/520973—dc23
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