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Author Slade, Suzanne, author.

Title Blast off! : how Mary Sherman Morgan fueled America into space / Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Sally Wern Comport.

Publication Info. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2022]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J629.409 SLA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J TRUE STORIES BIO MORGAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 629.4029 MORGAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 MORGAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  JB MORGAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction  JB MORGAN MARY SHERMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Summary Chronicles the life of the first female rocket scientist who, chosen to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite, broke gender barriers and overcame many challenges to succeed.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Morgan, Mary Sherman, 1921-2004 -- Juvenile literature.
Rocketry -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women scientists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Rocketry -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Rocketry.
Women scientists.
Scientists.
Rocketry -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Picture books.
Added Author Comport, Sally Wern, illustrator.
ISBN 9781684372416 (hardcover)
1684372410 (hardcover)
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