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Ron's big mission / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden ; illustrated by Don Tate.
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525478492
- ISBN: 0525478493
- Physical Description: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
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| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 2.9 0.5 |
| Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
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Ron's Big Mission
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Ron's Big Mission
Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself . But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage-it is a young man's first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
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