Book
Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062662385
- ISBN: 0062662384
- ISBN: 9780062662378
- ISBN: 0062662376
- ISBN: 9780606396233
- ISBN: 0606396233
- ISBN: 9781338226843
- ISBN: 1338226843
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Physical Description:
print
231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Edition: Young readers' edition, First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "The book that inspired the movie." --Cover.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue -- Setting the scene -- A door opens -- Mobilization -- A new Beginning -- The double V -- The "colored" computers -- War birds -- The duration -- Breaking barriers -- No limits -- The area rule -- An exceptional mind -- Turbulence -- Progress -- Young, gifted, and Black -- What a difference a day makes -- Writing the textbook on space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- One small step -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Further reading -- Index.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 8-12.Grades 3-7.1120L Lexile.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader MG 8.2 6 6 187011.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Vaughan, Dorothy -- 1910-2008 -- Juvenile literature
- Jackson, Mary -- 1921-2005 -- Juvenile literature
- Johnson, Katherine G -- Juvenile literature
- Darden, Christine M -- Juvenile literature
- United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Space race -- Juvenile literature
- Gender identity
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Adaptations.
Available copies
- 51 of 51 copies available at Westchester Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Pelham Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 51 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Pelham Public Library | YA 510.92 S (Text) | 31023151171977 | YA Nonfiction | Available | - |