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  • Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot (Time Twisters)

Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot
(Time Twisters)

Author
Steve Sheinkin
Illustrator
Neil Swaab
Publication Date
June 25, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot (Time Twisters)
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Description

"A historical home run!" --Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Captain Underpants

Two kids must un-twist history after Amelia Earhart changes course in this hilarious Time Twisters chapter book by award-winning author Steve Sheinkin. WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU'RE ABOUT TO READ.

Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened--till now. Time is getting twisted, and it's up to two kids to straighten things out. Siblings Abby and Doc have been racing through time to fix history after Abraham Lincoln, Abigail Adams, and Neil Armstrong started popping up in the wrong places, at the wrong times. When Amelia Earhart accidentally lands her plane in Ancient Greece, Abby and Doc partner with Kyniska, the first woman to win the Olympics, to get Amelia back on track to finish her first solo flight across the Atlantic.

Steve Sheinkin combines history, hilarity, and surprising twists in Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot. The Time Twisters series is a surefire hit with history buffs and reluctant readers alike!

Publication date
June 25, 2019
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250148995
Lexile Measure
540
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Series
Time Twisters
BISAC categories
JUV016150 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
JUV041010 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Aviation
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV016020 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Ancient Civilizations
JUV064000 - Juvenile Fiction | Time Travel
Library of Congress categories
Time travel
History
Earhart, Amelia
Women air pilots
Greece
To 146 B.C

Publishers Weekly

In this addition to Sheinkin's effervescent series, nine-year-old protagonists Abby and Doc are exhausted from their journeys through history via cardboard box time machine. But when Abby's glasses get mixed up with Amelia Earhart's goggles, she dives back into the box to find them (plus, she really wants to meet Amelia Earhart). Crossing paths with the dauntless aviator in 1932--and learning about her famed transatlantic flight--leads to an unexpected diversion: time travel to Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympics. Swaab's black-and-white art accentuates the text's humor, while Sheinkin creates a graceful blend of true history and outrageous adventure. Fans of the books will particularly welcome the appearance of the irrepressible Abraham Lincoln in this volume. Also available in this series: Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler; Abigail Adams, Pirate of the Caribbean; and Neil Armstrong and Nat Love, Space Cowboys. Ages 7-10. (June)

Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.
Steve Sheinkin

Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers, including The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, and Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children.

Bijou Karman is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. She graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Bijou is inspired by nostalgia and a love of print and bright colors. She spends most of her time working on illustrations for editorials, books, and advertising, but also works in gouache to create paintings centered around fashion. She has illustrated How to Dress by Alexandra Fullerton, What Would Boudicca Do? by E. Foley and B. Coates, and the covers of the Penguin Classics editions of books by John Steinbeck and Iris Murdoch.

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