Fly, girl, fly! : Shaesta Waiz soars around the world / by Nancy Roe Pimm ; illustrated by Alexandra Bye.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Beaming Books, 2020Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781506464688
- 1506464688
- Waiz, Shaesta, 1987- -- Juvenile literature
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Afghan American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Flights around the world -- Juvenile literature
- Aeronautics -- Records -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | WAIZ, S. P644 | Available | 33111010402440 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"You must believe in yourself and allow your dreams to soar." --Shaesta Waiz
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.
Fly, Girl, Fly! is the first authorized picture book biography of Shaesta Waiz. Backmatter includes more information about Shaesta's mission to empower girls to pursue STEM careers, details about her historic trip around the world, information about her nonprofit organization Dreams Soar, and a personal note from Shaesta Waiz encouraging girls to pursue their dreams.
"The story of how Shaesta Waiz became the youngest woman in history, and the first woman from Afghanistan, to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 5-8 Beaming Books.