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_bS79 2009
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100 1 _aStone, Tanya Lee.
245 1 0 _aAlmost astronauts :
_b13 women who dared to dream /
_cTanya Lee Stone.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aSomerville, Mass. :
_bCandlewick Press,
_c2009.
300 _a133 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-130) and index.
505 0 _a"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."
510 3 _aSchool Library Journal starred, March 2009
510 3 _aHorn Book Starred, March 2009
510 3 _aPublisher's Weekly, May 2009
510 3 _aKirkus Starred, January 2009
510 3 _aBooklist, February 2009
510 3 _aNew York Times, July 2009
510 3 _aHorn Book, October 2009
510 3 _aBulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2009
510 3 _aVoice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009
510 3 _aKirkus Review, April 2009
520 _aProfiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.
521 0 _a5.7
521 2 _a5-8
_bFollett Library Resources
526 0 _aAccelerated Reader AR
_bMG
_c7.1
_d4.0
_z129067
610 2 7 _aProject Mercury (U.S.)
_xHistory.
_2sears
650 7 _aAstronauts
_vBiography.
_2sears
650 7 _aWomen
_vBiography.
_2sears
650 7 _aSex discrimination.
_2sears
940 1 _a5.7
_b5-8
_d12/11/09
_sSchool Library Journal starred, March 2009
_sHorn Book Starred, March 2009
_sPublisher's Weekly, May 2009
_vFLR
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