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First edition. |
| Description |
144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Age group: age Children lcdgt |
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Author: Occupation/field of activity group: occ Engineers lcdgt |
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Author: Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt |
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Author: Regional/national group: nat Illinoisians lcdgt |
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Illustrator: Ethnic/cultural group: eth Cuban Americans lcdgt |
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Illustrator: Regional/national group: nat Georgians (State of Georgia) lcdgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
A daring dream -- The first mission, Apollo 1 -- The mission continues -- To the sky, Apollo 4-6 -- Risking it all, Apollo 7 -- Aiming for the moon, Apollo 8 -- Spider in space, Apollo 9 -- Dress rehearsal, Apollo 10 -- Achieving the dream, Apollo 11. |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12. |
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Grades 4 to 6. |
| Summary |
Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. |
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." But how can someone soar all the way to the Moon - two hundred and forty-thousand miles through space? America knows the answer to this question: teamwork. Over the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days that follow President Kennedy's speech, eighteen astronauts climb into spaceships; three of them die before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets go into space. And four hundred thousand people - engineers, technicians, mathematicians, scientists, machinists, and more - join Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. -- From dust jacket. |
| Audience |
940L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.4 1.0. |
| Performer |
Gonzalez, Thomas. |
| Subject |
Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Project Apollo (U.S.) -- Juvenile poetry.
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Space flight to the moon -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Space flight to the moon -- History -- Juvenile poetry.
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Manned space flight -- Juvenile literature.
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Astronautics -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Project Apollo (U.S.)
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Space flight to the moon -- History.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- 20th Century.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Technology -- Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science.
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Project Apollo (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00610722
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Manned space flight. (OCoLC)fst01007789
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Astronautics. (OCoLC)fst00819505
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- Exploration & Discovery.
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Space flight to the moon. (OCoLC)fst01127716
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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Nonfiction.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
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Historical poetry. (OCoLC)fst01726465
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Free verse. (OCoLC)fst01921664
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Historical poetry.
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Nonfiction.
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Historical poetry.
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Free verse.
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Instructional and educational works.
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| Added Author |
Gonzalez, Thomas, 1959- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781682630136 (hardcover) |
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1682630137 (hardcover) |
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9781643108346 (library binding) |
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1643108344 (library binding) |
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9781682634004 (paperback) |
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1682634000 (paperback) |
