Thermes, Jennifer.
GRANDMA GATEWOOD HIKES THE APPALACHIAN
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN 9781419728396

Do you like the outdoors or adventure? Have you ever gone on a hike in the woods? Grandma (Emma) Gatewood did. She was the first woman to walk the entire Appalachian trail, which is 2,190 miles long. She started in April, 1955, at the southern end of the trail in Georgia and finished in Maine during October of the same year. She wore canvas shoes (like Chuck Taylors), and packed a bag she had made herself. Emma started her trek when she was sixty-seven years old and encountered wildlife, friendly people and even a hurricane on her great walk. Read this book by Jennifer Thermes for an adventure you won’t soon forget. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020)