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Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride


By Pam Munoz Ryan

Reading Level: Pre-School, Early Elementary School
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic 1999

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The true story of the night when good friends Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt shared a daring moonlit flight in Amelia's plane and a swift, open-aired spin in Eleanor's car.

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Caldecott Medal

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Newbery Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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