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Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
Contributor(s): Shetterly, Margot Lee (Author)

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ISBN: 0062662384     ISBN-13: 9780062662385
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Astronomy
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2016952958
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 1350(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 206 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 187011
Reading Level: 8.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:

The uplifting, amazing true story--a New York Times bestseller

This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly's acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It's the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.

This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.



Contributor Bio(s): Shetterly, Margot Lee: -

Margot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.


 
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