| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130), filmography and index. |
| Contents |
"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." |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010 |
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School Library Journal starred, March 2009 |
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Horn Book Starred, March 2009 |
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Publisher's Weekly, May 2009 |
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Kirkus Starred, January 2009 |
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Booklist, February 2009 |
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New York Times, July 2009 |
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Horn Book, October 2009 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2009 |
| Summary |
Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts. |
| Audience |
980 Lexile. |
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5.7 |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 7.1 4.0 129067 852 |
| Awards |
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2010 |
| Subject |
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.
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Astronauts -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography.
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Sex discrimination -- History.
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| ISBN |
0763645028 |
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