Ron's big Mission
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Call Number: E BLU, Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Blue, Rose
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch
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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Dutton Childrens Books, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525478492
0525478493
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Naden, Corinne J.
Tate, Don.
SUBJECTS
McNair, Ronald E., -- 1950-1986 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
South Carolina -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.