The Jerrie Mock Story NR certificate Crucible of Change

Crucible of Change

digs through long-buried newspapers and journals

BRIEF GARLAND

and playing ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond

Patrons lined up for hours to see the celebrities who dined there--everyone from Betty White to Raymond Burr

The Jerrie Mock Story NR certificate Crucible of ChangeIn this biography for middle grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbusalso known as Charlieshe traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty three thousand miles and took almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered. Mock caught the aviation bug