On June 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart set out to fly around the world - something no one had done before. But on July 2, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, she vanished--without a trace. What happened to Amelia Earhart? Read all about the unsolved mystery of her disappearance which ranks among the "top ten news stories of the century," according to the Associated Press. This is our first Step 4 Book about an important woman in history, and contains twelve black-and-white photographs and three full-color maps.

 

This book is part of a book series called Step Into Reading .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Random House USA Inc .

Monica Kulling is the author of over fifty books for children. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. Her books have been selected for many honors, including Simon Wiesenthal Center's "Once Upon a World Children's Book Award" and the Norma Fleck Award for Children's Non-Fiction. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Ying-Hwa Hu is married to Cornelius van Wright, and together they are a husband-wife illustration team. She was born in Taiwan, and now lives in New York City with her husband and two young children.