I Flew Around the World

Download or read book I Flew Around the World written by Zara Rutherford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jump on board "the Shark" and join 19-year-old Zara Rutherford on her solo flight around the globe. Over the stretch of five months, this brave young explorer witnessed ice caps, volcanoes, glaciers, bolts of lightning, the equator, wildfires, freezing temperatures, remote stretches of sky, smog, hundreds of camels roaming the deserts, thunderstorms, typhoons, turbulence, air pollution, and more. Keeping the solo adventurer company on her trip were the people she met each time she landed. Despite taking five months, this treacherous, exciting, and exhilarating journey actually made Zara realize that the planet is not so big after all and is something we need to take care of. So come and learn the lingo of the air and be inspired by the young woman who wants to make aviation and science much more accessible for females everywhere.