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Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race / by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

Shetterly, Margot Lee, (author.). Conkling, Winifred, (author.). Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), (illustrator.). Shetterly, Margot Lee. Adaptation of (expression): Hidden figures. (Added Author).

Summary:

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062742469
  • ISBN: 1338562282
  • ISBN: 9780062742469
  • ISBN: 9781338562286
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
980L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.8 0.5 193339.
Awards Note:
ALA Black Caucus Award for Nonfiction, 2017
American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project, 2019
Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book, 2019

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Hidden Figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race.

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