Amelia lost : the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart

"She helped the cause of women by giving them the feeling that there was nothing they could not do." Amelia Earhart was America's most famous woman pilot in the 1930s. She broke speed and distance records, and constantly looked for new challenges as aviation technology advanced. Her last series of

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flights were chosen to fly around the planet at the equator -- the widest point, and thus the longest distance: 27,000 miles. With her navigator, Fred Noonan, she flew east from North America, stopping in all kinds of exotic places to refuel, repair and rest as they circumnavigated the globe. The final flights were across the vast Pacific, and the first stop after leaving New Guinea was to be tiny Howland Island, where the Coast Guard cutter Itasca was waiting to help signal the plane toward the island. They never made it. Fleming tells the story of Amelia Earhart, alternating chapters about her life and chapters about the search for her missing plane in the Pacific, and gives us a thorough picture of a woman who was quite a character -- stubborn, willful, courageous, and smart, but also prone to rushing into things and making mistakes. Fleming lets us see Earhart through her own notes, flight logs, and writings, as well as how the public saw her. There are plenty of archival photographs and maps as well -- wonderful details! Excellent biography, well written and designed. 6th grade and up.

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Well-organized and well-written dual story of Amelia Earhart's life and her disappearance during a flight. It is interesting to note that she was so daring that she often threw safety to the wind - but everything seemed to always work out for her. Great original photos and articles of her included.

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A great addition to any library.

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Amelia flies off the page in this biography, the story of her life interlaced with a minute by minute account of the search for her missing plane. Brave and reckless while flying, on the ground she carefully polished her public image. This is a fascinating picture of an adventurer who challenged

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the boundaries of aviation, and became a role model for women around the world.

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Do kids like historic photos? Did I, when I was a kid? I don't really remember, but I sure like them now. I think kids will be fascinated with this book of the courageous Amelia Earhart, and the historic photos will only enhance the story.
Amelia may have been aware of her public image to the point

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of eventually irritating people. She may have at times lacked focus and took unnecessary chances, but she was definitely courageous to pursue an endeavor in it's infancy- flying, and doing it in what was then basically a man's world. She inspired countless women to follow their dreams at a time when that wasn't widely encouraged.
This book follows Amelia's last flight in her around the equator attempt, where she was lost and never returned. The mystery of exactly what happened to Amelia, and her navigator Fred Noonan, remains to this day. Interspersed with the tense story of Amelia's final communications is the story of her life, nicely traced in words and pictures. I think kids will be very interested to learn of the legendary Amelia Earhart with this book, whether for a report, or for personal interest.

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Amelia Earhart was not perfect. Although she carefully calculated her image, Fleming explores the essence of Earhart as a person, flaws and all. I have long been interested in Earhart; I believe that I am one who was guilty of thinking all there was to Earhart was her disappearance. Fleming does a

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good job of exploring Earhart's contribution to aviation

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The author gives readers an insight into every detail of Amelia Earhart's life. Fleming also included some of the myths about the disappearance of Earhart that parts of the nation had grown to believe.

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Fleming writes an engrossing book that covers the life of Amelia Earhart from birth to her disappearance. She also includes fun facts about other facets of Amelia's life as well as the stories of a few who claim to have heard her voice over their radios after Itasca loses contact with her.

Daughter, wife, student, pilot, adventurer, early feminist. Amelia Earhart, as depicted in Candace Fleming's spellbinding biography, was all of these things and more. Fleming takes the reader from Earhart's birth in Kansas to her early childhood living with her grandmother, through her painful

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adolescence living with an alcoholic father, to her driven adulthood and eventual disappearance.This book is generously laced with original photographs, excerpts from letters, report cards, newspaper clippings and maps. The author also provides an extensive bibliography and resources for further research. Although full of facts and information, this book was also an enjoyable read, as Fleming manages to capture a conversational tone which is both engaging and endearing.

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Amelia Lost is a fascinating tale of the famous pilot Amelia Earhart’s life and the dramatic search following her disappearance. Amelia comes to life as her story unfolds, from her early childhood to her final flight. This book gives great details about Amelia's childhood and readers learn she

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was reckless and daring from an early age. This skillfully written book, tells Amelia's story in two ways. First the white chapters speak about Amelia's life story and how she became who she is known as today. The smaller gray chapters discuss what happened minutes to weeks after her disappearance. These chapters explain several occurrences of people hearing her voice and of ships searching for her. This is interesting and entertaining take of the life of Amelia enhanced with pictures, documents and stories of Ameliaʻs childhood.

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RGG: Wonderful biography that explores the aspects of Amelia Earhart's personality that may have led to the tragedy of her disappearance. Detailing both the effort to find her and her life to that last flight, the book also incorporate the science and engineering of the state of the technology of

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flight at the time. Reading Level: 10-14.

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Another wonderful biography from Ms. Fleming, who always manages to bring her subjects vividly to life. I particularly appreciated the preface in which she discusses the challenges of sorting out facts from a life that has become so shrouded in myth, especially when Amelia Earhart herself played a

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big role in the myth-making.

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Non-fiction is not typically my thing, but I really enjoyed Fleming's exploration of Amelia Earhart's life and last flight. Earhart comes off as a very complex personality, both admirable and flawed. The interplay between the two alternating narratives works quite well to build tension, too.

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Revisiting this review to make predictions for SLJ's Battle of the Books 2012. While this is not my personal favorite, I think it has a distinct chance at going all the way.

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I enjoyed reading this book greatly. I've previously had an interest in Amelia Earhard and the Bermuda Triangle so this was fascinating to read. n my personal opinion, the author’s readability worked wonderfully in tandem with the information excerpts placed perfectly throughout the book, as well

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as the photos and original letters. The book was also well designed so in addition to having a fascinating subject matter, it was enticing to look at as well.

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Amelia Lost is a biography of Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was an American women growing up in the early 1900s. She discovered a love of flying while serving as a nurse's aide in Toronto, Canada during World War I. Before receiving her International Pilot License, Amelia had already broken the

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record for highest altitude for women. She went on to accomplish many things such as being the first female passenger to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as well as the first female to fly solo across both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. She was the first female to fly from Los Angeles to Mexico City. She also set the record for fastest flying time from Los Angeles to New York. She wrote three books and married her publisher George Putnam. Her greatest and final adventure was to fly around the world following the Equator. Amelia disappeared on July 2, 1937 between Lae, New Guinea and Howland Island. Neither she nor her plane have ever been found.

Candace Flemming did something very interesting with this book. The narrative of Amelia's life is conveyed through chapters up until her disappearance. Between each chapter is a gray page with details and accounts of her disappearance. At first, I thought this would be difficult to read a chronological narrative and continuously jumping to the end but I actually enjoyed it. After reading multiple books written about Amelia Earhart, it was nice to have something different. I thought the she did an accurate job of portraying Amelia Earhart. She did not seem biased, in fact she shined some light on to the fact that Amelia and George were seeking fame with everything they did. The cover of the book is an iconic photo so it draws the reader in. The book contains photo credits, an index, chapter notes, and sources.

I really enjoyed the book and believe it would be a good read for middle school students. I could easily use a book like this in a middle school social studies lesson to talk about women who achieved great things in careers designated for men. I again think Candace was accurate in her writings and used primary sources making this an excellent book about Amelia Earhart.

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This fascinating biography alternates between the story of Amelia Earhart’s life and the days surrounding her disappearance. Through photos, sidebars, maps, and letters, the author gives readers a compelling glimpse at the life of a legend.

Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming is a combination biography and history of the search for Earhart's plane after it went missing over the Pacific in 1937. It looks at both pieces of Amelia Earhart's life with a candid skepticism.

Amelia Earhart, besides being a dare devil pilot, was one of the first

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modern celebrities. As Fleming explains, the autobiography that (even through my childhood) was taken as canon, was full of the story Earhart wanted remembered — even if details were completely fictional. Fleming isn't trying to discredit Earhart's genuine accomplishments or the tragedy of her disappearance over the Pacific. Rather, she's trying to put the myth into perspective with the facts and the time period in which Earhart lived.

As other reviews have mentioned, Amelia Lost isn't a rehash of previous books. I went into reading this book thinking I knew everything there was to know. I was wrong — even about the search and rescue efforts in 1937.

The book includes numerous photographs and copies of materials from Earhart's life. There is also a decent bibliography for readers who want to continue learning about the aviatrix.

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combines with her storytelling expertise to craft an account of Earhart that manages to breathe life into the legendary figure’s mysterious disappearance. Even though the reader knows that Amelia never returned from her fatal flight, the book’s structure and Fleming’s pacing manage to build

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suspense and create tension. The author intersperses accounts from the viewpoints of the many people concerned about Amelia’s whereabouts with accounts of her early years and her career, allowing the reader to know Amelia as more than a one-dimensional historic figure.

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A suspenseful, cinematic biography of Amelia Earhart. Intermixed with Amelia’s life story are reports of the search for her lost plane. This is awkward at first, but then you get used to it. By the end, it even adds a more to the suspense. The large font, and numerous photos make this book a

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quick and interesting read. For fans of Amelia Earhart, children doing a report, or anyone who loves mysteries.

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Not in this book, but still one of my favorite quotes was said by Amelia’s flight instructor. He said, “Amelia isn’t famous for being a great pilot; she’s famous for being a bad pilot.” Fleming’s book doesn’t paint Amelia as a heroine either. She gives the facts but she tells them in

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such an enticing way you will be engrossed from the start to the finish.

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This is about the life of Amelia as well as the search after her disappearance.

I heard Candace Fleming compare nonfiction writing to baking a cake at a SCBWI conference. She said that fiction writers head to the store and buy the most wonderful ingredients for their cake. They return to their kitchen and use their ingredients to make something delicious. Nonfiction authors

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are give their ingredients and still need to make something equally delicious. I loved this analogy! She is so right. Nonfiction authors must work with the facts at hand, then use all their storytelling skills to create a fabulous read. A delicious cake, complete with frosting and sprinkles!

Well, Candace's Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart is truly delicious. Well researched and artfully told, it's a perfect addition to a middle school collection!

I loved the mechanics of how she set the book into sections, flipping between the disappearance and Amelia's life.

No wonder it received the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction in 2012! Hurrah!

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The book is about Life and Disappearance of Famous Amelia Enhart. She was and is still an inspiration to young ladies and women. She prove to the world that women can do anything they set their mind to. I like how the author goes back and forth between Amelia's life and the rescue mission to

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finding her and her plane. I like the black and white photos the chronological order and the thrill which will keep young adults interested in learning about her.

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I found this book to be very interesting and it is a great biography for young readers to enjoy. I really liked this book for several reasons. First, I enjoy the writing style that the author used. The book goes back and fourth between glimpses of Amelia’s life and pieces about Amelia’s

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disappearance. The switch between the two truly adds excitement as the information about Amelia’s disappearance helps keep readers on their toes wondering what happened to her plane. I also enjoyed reading this book because there is a significant amount of historical information placed in various boxes throughout the text. For example, there is information about Morse code. I also enjoyed reading this book because there are many photographs an pictures throughout the book that help display Amelia’s life. The photographs truly enhance the biography and help readers get to know Amelia Earhart more. Lastly, I loved that the book had information about Amelia from the perspective of other people. For example, there is a section of her book from the perspective of her first flight teacher. The main idea of the book is to tell the story of Amelia Earhart.

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I like this book for a number of reasons. The first reason I like the book is because of the pictures throughout. The pictures are real life photographs from the life of Amelia. I think that it shows the readers great deal and shows more details of her life. The pictures allow the reader to

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visualize what Amelia Earhart looked like and what others in her like looked like as well. Another reason I like the book is the writing. It is written in a very professional and informative voice. This allows the reader to understand key ideas and believe that everything in the book is true. The third reason I like the book is the point of view. The book is in third person which informs the reader about all of the people involved in her life and not only her. The book also had quotes that were in first person which allows reader to connect to Amelia and gives more information about the way she felt throughout her life. The main idea of this book is to inform people about the real life of Amelia Earhart.

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