Under Amelia's wing

Stemp, Heather 1945- (author.).

Summary: It's 1936, and against all odds--but not without a few stumbles--Ginny Ross has made it to Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Otherwise known as the academic home of her friend and mentor, Amelia Earhart.) For Ginny, this is the next step toward her dream of becoming a pilot, but it's harder than she expected: as the only girl in her mechanical engineering program, she constantly has to prove she deserves to be there. Ginny is determined not to let the jeers of her classmates and the opinions of some backwards-thinking professors hold her back, but she is a world away from her home in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. When Amelia takes off in 1937 to fly around the globe, Ginny can't shake a feeling of foreboding. Aviation is still relatively new and communication between air and ground is patchy at best. Then Amelia disappears without a trace, and Ginny must figure out if she has what it takes to forge ahead without her mentor. With the threat of the Second World War looming large, Ginny will need every bit of salty east coast grit she can muster.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771088503 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
254 pages : map ; 20 cm
Publisher: Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nimbus Publishing, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Lafayette, Indiana -- Purdue University -- Airport -- Registration -- Taylor club -- Professor Jones -- New friends -- Old friend -- Amelia -- Atlantic flight -- Truth -- Convocation -- Choices -- Change -- Goodbye -- Promise -- Football -- Good news -- Christmas -- New Year's Eve -- Marks -- Last resort -- Letter -- Worn out -- News -- At last -- Set back -- Not alone -- New route -- Howland Island -- Recovery -- Moving on -- Ground school -- Flight -- June 1940 -- Goodbye.