The groundbreaking female pilot featured in the hit Broadway musical
Come from Away tells her story in this high-flying and inspiring
picture-book autobiography!
When Beverley Bass was a young girl in the late 1950s, she told her
parents she wanted to fly planes--and they told her that girls couldn't
be pilots. Still, they encouraged her, and brought her to a nearby
airport to watch the planes take off and land.
After decades of refusing to take no for an answer, in 1986 Beverley
became the first female pilot promoted to captain by American Airlines
and led the first all-female crewed flight shortly thereafter. Her
revolutionary career became even more newsworthy when she was forced to
land in the remote town of Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001,
due to US airspace closures. After several days there, she flew her crew
and passengers safely home.
Beverley's incredible life is now immortalized in the hit Broadway
musical Come from Away. Here, discover how she went from an ambitious
young girl gazing up at the sky to a groundbreaking pilot smiling down
from the cockpit.
Inspiring and up, up, and away all the way.--Kirkus
An inspiring biography about one woman's determination to forge a new
path.--Booklist