Nerves of Steel (Young Readers Edition)

The Incredible True Story of How One Woman Followed Her Dreams, Stayed True to Herself, and Saved 148 Lives

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  • The
  • amazing
  • true
  • story
  • of
  • pilot
  • Tammie
  • Jo
  • Shults
  • for
  • young
  • readers!
  • This
  • autobiography
  • of
  • a
  • woman
  • aviator
  • overcoming
  • gender
  • bias
  • to
  • achieve
  • her
  • dreams
  • will
  • inspire
  • young
  • people
  • to
  • work
  • hard
  • toward
  • their
  • goals,
  • never
  • give
  • up,
  • and
  • stand
  • firm
  • in
  • who
  • God
  • created
  • them
  • to
  • be.
  • A
  • must-read
  • memoir
  • for
  • girls
  • and
  • boys
  • who
  • are
  • excited
  • for
  • the
  • adventure
  • ahead.Tammie
  • Jo
  • Shults
  • grew
  • up
  • wanting
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • pilot.
  • She
  • worked
  • hard
  • but
  • faced
  • many
  • obstacles
  • and
  • challenges
  • along
  • the
  • way
  • that
  • threatened
  • her
  • dreams.
  • Doing
  • the
  • next
  • right
  • thing
  • kept
  • her
  • spirit
  • alive
  • as
  • she
  • persevered
  • to
  • find
  • her
  • special
  • calling—to
  • serve
  • God
  • and
  • the
  • world
  • around
  • her.
  • Tammie
  • Jo’s
  • path
  • eventually
  • led
  • her
  • to
  • join
  • the
  • navy,
  • where
  • she
  • became
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • first
  • women
  • to
  • fly
  • the
  • F/A-18
  • Hornet.
  • Her
  • specialized
  • flight
  • training
  • in
  • fighter
  • aircraft
  • honed
  • her
  • skills
  • to
  • a
  • razor’s
  • edge.
  • After
  • her
  • term
  • in
  • the
  • military,
  • she
  • went
  • to
  • work
  • for
  • Southwest
  • Airlines
  • flying
  • Boeing
  • 737s.
  • Years
  • later,
  • those
  • lessons
  • served
  • her
  • well
  • as
  • she
  • was
  • put
  • in
  • the
  • right
  • place
  • at
  • the
  • right
  • time
  • to
  • safely
  • land
  • a
  • crippled
  • plane
  • and
  • save
  • 148
  • lives.Nerves
  • of
  • Steel
  • (Young
  • Readers
  • Edition)This
  • memoir
  • of
  • hope
  • and
  • perseverance
  • tells
  • Tammie
  • Jo’s
  • story
  • from
  • her
  • days
  • of
  • growing
  • up
  • on
  • a
  • New
  • Mexico
  • ranch
  • to
  • the
  • disaster
  • of
  • Flight
  • 1380
  • with
  • plenty
  • of
  • action,
  • dogfights,
  • and grace.
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