Sally Ride: The First American Woman in Space

  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 6

Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Throughout her life, Sally Ride spent over 343 hours in space. At the time of the Challenger disaster in 1986, Sally was training for her next flight, but when it was postponed, she became one of the investigators of the accident. Sally wrote several books introducing young readers to the subject of space exploration and encouraging them to study the sciences.

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978-0-7787-2541-1
$1.50
Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 6
Age Range 10 - 14
Dewey 629.45
Lexile
ATOS Reading Level
Guided Reading Level W
Subjects Biographies
Genres Nonfiction, biography
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2011
Number of Pages 112
Dimensions 7.25 x 9.25
Graphics Full-color photographs
BISACS JNF007090, JNF007120, JNF051010
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Author: Tom Riddolls

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