Fiona and Finley bake up a storm in their parent's Sweet Shop, but nothing's sweeter than the magic that happens when their parrot, Tick Tock, squawks: Look at the time! That means a special customer has arrived, and a new adventure is set to begin. Each title features a notable figure from US history, who takes the siblings along for an adventure, and tells them a bit about him or herself in the process.
Fiona is having a rotten day. She is ready to quit her school’s model rocket club after a classmate tells her girls can’t build rockets. Things start to look up when Amelia Earhart stops by the family’s Sweets Shop and whisks Fiona and her brother, Finley, away on a historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean. But, everything doesn’t quite go as planned. When the plane catches fire and falls out of the sky, will Amelia be able to save them? Paired to the nonfiction title How It Works: Airplanes. SUBJECT: Fiction, BISAC: JUV008000, AGES: 5-7, GRADES: K-2, Guided Reading Level: R, LEXILE: 430L, AR LEVEL: 3.2