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Author Stone, Tanya Lee, author.

Title Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream / Tanya Lee Stone ; [foreword by Margaret A. Weitekamp].

Imprint Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 920 STONE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J629.45 STO    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J629.45 STO    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J629.45 STONE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 629.45 STONE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Teen  TWEEN 629.45 STO    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J920 STO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J629.45 S    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J629.45 S    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 629.45 STO    Check Shelf

Edition 1st ed.
Description 133 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Awards Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, 2009
Audience 980 Lexile.
Note "The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130) and index.
Contents Foreword / Margaret A. Weitekamp -- T minus thirty-eight years -- I jumped at the offer -- Not a meaningful test! -- Mommy's going to the moon! -- 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 -- Author's note -- Appendix -- Further reading -- Webliography -- Sources -- Source notes -- Photography credits -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary "Have you ever heard of the 'Mercury 13' women? Did you know that nearly twenty years before the first women were let into NASA's astronaut program, there were others who tried? What are the requirements for being shot into space, piloting a hunk of metal while carrying the hopes and fears of your nation? Mastery of flying, as well as courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, and fitness -- any checklist would certainly includes these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was an unspoken rule in place: astronauts must be male, and they must be white. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved not only that they were as tough as any man but also that they were brave enough to challenge the government. Their passage to space was blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and a note scrawled by one of the most powerful men in Washington. But in the end, their inspiring example empowered young women to take the rightful place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age."--Jacket.
Awards Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2010.
Orbis Pictus Honor, 2010.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010.
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2010.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2010.
Study Program Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.3 9.0 46506.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 4.0 129067.
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 7.1 4 SD Quiz 129067 English non-fiction.
Subject Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Project Mercury (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00679411
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- History - 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Women astronauts -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Project Mercury (U.S.) -- History.
Sex discrimination against women. (OCoLC)fst01114376
Women astronauts. (OCoLC)fst01177175
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Women astronauts -- United States -- History.
Sex discrimination -- United States -- History.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Literature.
Added Author Weitekamp, Margaret A., 1971- author of introduction, etc.
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