A bright red airplane sat on the airfield. It gleamed like a shiny big apple! A young female pilot stood beside the plane. It was hers. She was going to fly it that day, so she was doing the final checks before her flight. She needed to make sure the plane was safe to fly. She knew all good pilots checked their planes before a flight. She studied the flight plan once again. The flight plan was like a map. It showed her where the plane should fly. It was like a road map for the sky! “Are you afraid? Are you ready?” Her husband had asked his wife in the days before the flight. “Yes, I am a little scared. But I am ready. I did the flight plan. I know where I am going. I will leave Newfoundland, Canada and land in Paris, France.” Find out if Amelia makes the first solo flight across the Atlantic and how she prepared for it in this exciting 15-minute book. Ages 7 and up. Reading level 2.5 This book is part of our "Heroes in History" series. These 15-minute books focus on a specific moment in a historic person's life. Aimed at second graders, they provide the perfect introduction to famous Americans in an exciting, fun-to-read way. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.