Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Stone, Tanya Lee
Robert F. Sibert Informational Award/HonJane Addams Book Award Finalist/Winner BNCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honor BookALA Notable/Best BooksSmithsonian's Notable BookYALSA Award for Excellence in NF for YouBoston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsAstronaut
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AR Book Level
7.1
AR Points
4
Word Count
26,179
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
129067 EN
About this book
Profiled in this book are thirteen women who, in the 1960s, challenged social norms and government policies to try to prove they had what it took to be among the first astronauts.
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