Audacious Aviators: True Stories of Adventurers' Thrilling Flights

by Jen Green

Overview

This book tells the stories of adventurers who have defied gravity and soared above the Earth, from pioneer aviators and astronauts to the free-falling fearlessness of Felix Baumgartner. Find out about the courage and skill of audacious aviators, and whether you’ve got what it takes to be an ultimate adventurer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781410999962
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	10/09/2023
Series:	Ultimate Adventurers
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.19(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

About the Author

Dr Jen Green worked in publishing for 15 years and is now a full-time writer who has written over 200 books for children, on geography, the environment, history, natural history, and other subjects. Her Heinemann-Raintree title on Sustaining Our Natural Resources was selected in 2011 for the Junior Library Guild's SLJ Curriculum Levels program.

Table of Contents

Chuck Yeager-Faster Than Sound 4

Rutan and Yeager-Never Touch Down 10

Piccard and Jones-Around the World 14

Melvill and Binnie-Shot Into Space 20

Team Discovery-Overcoming Disaster 26

Yves Rossy-Rocket-powered Jetman 32

Felix Baumgartner-Leap Into Space 36

Timeline 42

Quiz 43

Glossary 44

Find Out More 46

Index 48