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Fly High!

When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school -- not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money. She wanted to be somebody significant in the world. So Bessie did everything she could to learn under the most challenging of circumstances. At the end of every day in the fields she checked the foreman's numbers -- made sure his math was correct. And this was just the beginning of a life of hard work and dedication that really paid off: Bessie became the first African-American to earn a pilot's license. She was somebody.

Also available in paperback

Released: 2004 • Published by: Aladdin • ISBN: 0689864620 • Ages: 9-12

REVIEWS:
"Most libraries will want to make room on the biography shelves for this one…"
—Kirkus Reviews


"The authors' flair for imparting history soars in this biography."
—School Library Journal


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