Mikaelsen, Ben. <br/><br/>
Countdown / 
[by] Ben Mikaelsen. 
 - New York :  Hyperion,  1997,c1996. 
 - 248 p. ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> A 
<br/><br/> In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions. 
<br/><br/> 5.  3-7. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0786812087 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astronautics--Fiction.<br/>Masai (African people)--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Kenya--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Fic