Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone.
by Stone, Tanya Lee.
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BookPublisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0763645028.Subject(s): Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History | Astronauts -- Biography | Women -- Biography | Sex discrimination -- HistoryDDC classification: 629.45/0092/2/73 | B | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130), filmography and index.
"T minus thirty-eight years" -- "I jumped at the offer" -- "Not a meaningful test!" -- "Mommy's going to the moon!" -- "It was too good to be true" -- "Regret to advise" -- "Let's stop this now!" -- "Jerrie Cobb isn't running this program. I am!" -- "The men go off and fight the wars and fly the airplanes" -- "NASA never had any intention of putting those women in space" -- "We want to see a woman driving the bus, not sitting in the back" -- "I am living proof that dreams do come true."
School Library Journal starred, March 2009
Horn Book Starred, March 2009
Publisher's Weekly, May 2009
Kirkus Starred, January 2009
Booklist, February 2009
New York Times, July 2009
Horn Book, October 2009
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2009
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009
Kirkus Review, April 2009
Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.
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