Title Reaching for the Moon : the autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson / Katherine Johnson.

Publication Info.	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019]
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Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department	J 92 JOHNSON	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 920 JOHNSON	DUE 05-11-24
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB JOHNSON	Check Shelf
Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department	JB JOHNSON	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J BIO JOHNSON	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department	JB JOHNSON J	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J BIO JOHNSON KATHERIN	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 510.92 JOHNSON	DUE 05-14-24
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	J92 JOHNSON	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult	YA 92 JOHNSON, KAT	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience	Ages 8-12.
	Grades 4 to 6.
Summary	"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11"-- Provided by publisher.
	"As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father's words in mind: "You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you." In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA's biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon. Katherine Johnson's story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Now she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere"-- Publisher description.
Subject	Johnson, Katherine G. -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.
	Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Johnson, Katherine G.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
	African American women mathematicians.
	African American women.
	Women mathematicians.
	Apollo 11 (Spacecraft).
	Women -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Biography.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
	Johnson, Katherine G. (OCoLC)fst01986626
	Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) (OCoLC)fst00538521
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (OCoLC)fst00528469
	African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
	African American women mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst00799507
	Employees. (OCoLC)fst00909111
	Women mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01178130
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Autobiographies.
ISBN	9781534440838 (hardcover)
	1534440836 (hardcover)
	9781534440845 (paperback)
	1534440844 (paperback)
	9781534440852 (ebook)

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