Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition
by Margot Lee ShetterlyImages
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 11 - 14
- Format: Paperback Book
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The powerful story of the African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped put a man on the moon is now available in an accessible format for younger readers.
The powerful story of the African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped put a man on the moon is now available in an accessible format for younger readers.
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https://clubs.scholastic.com/hidden-figures%3A-young-readers%E2%80%99-edition/9781338226843-rco-us.html- Also Available in Value Pack:
- Accelerated Reader Grade 8 Pack
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated women known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
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This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.
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Product Details
- Grades: 5 - 9
- Ages: 11 - 14
- Product Type: Book
- Page Count: 240 pages
- Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 7 5/8"
- Language: English
- Subject & Themes: Women, Black, African & African American, Math, American History, 20th Century America
- ISBN 13: 978-1-338-22684-3
