{"product_id":"the-flying-girl-how-aida-de-acosta-learned-to-soar-9781481445023","title":"The Flying Girl: How Aida de Acosta Learned to Soar","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage and a chance to try.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels \u003ci\u003eRima's Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYour Heart, My Sky\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWith a Star in My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Surrender Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, a Newbery Honor winner; \u003ci\u003eThe Lightning Dreamer\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWild Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Honor book. Her verse memoirs include \u003ci\u003eSoaring Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchanted Air\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include \u003ci\u003eDrum Dream Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Flying Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSara Palacios is the recipient of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor for \u003ci\u003eMarisol McDonald Doesn't Match\u003c\/i\u003e and the illustrator of several other picture books, including \u003ci\u003eA Song of Frutas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Flying Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Martina Has Too Many Tías.\u003c\/i\u003e Sara graduated with a degree in graphic design and went on to earn BFA and MFA degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. A native of Mexico, Sara now lives in San Francisco. Visit her at SaraPalaciosIllustrations.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415188766994,"sku":"9781481445023","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b809498-371f-4f1b-b5ee-e7baaf113dac.jpg?v=1751130188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-flying-girl-how-aida-de-acosta-learned-to-soar-9781481445023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}