TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone,Tanya Lee
TI  - Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream 
SN  - 0763636118
AV  - TL789.85.A1 S79 2009
U1  - 629.45/0092/2/73B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Somerville, Mass.
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Project Mercury (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - sears
KW  - Astronauts
KW  - Biography
KW  - Women
KW  - Sex discrimination
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-130) 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; 5.7; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 7.1; 4.0; 129067
N2  - Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts
ER  -