2010, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee2011, Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award, Nominee2012, Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, Nominee2012, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee
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.
Hardcover.
About the Author
Corinne Naden has written many books for children. She lives in Westchester, New York and Sarasota, Florida.
