Fly, Girl, Fly!

Fly, Girl, Fly!
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Publisher : Beaming Books
Total Pages : 44
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ISBN-10 : 9781506466651
ISBN-13 : 1506466656
Rating : 4/5 (656 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fly, Girl, Fly! by : Nancy Roe Pimm

Download or read book Fly, Girl, Fly! written by Nancy Roe Pimm and published by Beaming Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You must believe in yourself and allow your dreams to soar." --Shaesta Waiz Shaesta Waiz, a refugee from Afghanistan, dreamed of doing great things. But first she had to leave a refugee camp with her family to make a new life in America, overcome gender stereotypes, be the first in her family to go to college, and overcome her fear of flying. After becoming a pilot, Shaesta made the flight of a lifetime by crossing five continents, making thirty stops in twenty-two countries across nearly 25,000 nautical miles. At the age of thirty, Shaesta was the youngest woman and the first from Afghanistan to circumnavigate the globe by herself in a single-engine aircraft. Fly, Girl, Fly! is the first authorized picture book biography of Shaesta Waiz. Backmatter includes more information about Shaesta's mission to empower girls to pursue STEM careers, details about her historic trip around the world, information about her nonprofit organization Dreams Soar, and a personal note from Shaesta Waiz encouraging girls to pursue their dreams.


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