"Here I go! shouted eight-year-old Amelia Earhart as she started down her homemade roller coaster. She turned a somersault at the bottom, but she still thought it was fun.

All her life Amelia was unafraid, and all her life she did things for the fun of it. When she finished school, she became one of the first women to learn to fly. Later, she jumped at the chance when asked to fly the Atlantic Ocean -- even though several women had lost their lives trying. She flew the Atlantic as a crew member in 1928, then solo in 1932. She was famous all over the world.

But Amelia always had to try something new. In 1937, with Fred Noonan, she started around the world, flying at the equator. Amelia failed. But her failure was a challenge to others. Amelia Earhart was a true pioneer in the sky.

From the dust jacket