Ron's Big Mission

Ron's Big Mission
ISBN-10
0525478493
ISBN-13
9780525478492
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Language
English
Published
2009-01-22
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Authors
Rose Blue, Corinne Naden

Description

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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