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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly

Other authorsLaura Freeman (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2018

Status

Available

Call number

510.92

DDC/MDS

510.92

Barcode

545

Shelving Note:

BIO

Collection

Tags

Famous women, Women's history, African American history, African American women, D-A, Coretta Scott King Honor

Description

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.

Genres

Awards

Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2019)

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nominee — Children — 2019)

CCBC Choices (2019)

The Best Children's Books of the Year (2019)

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens (2019)

Great Reads from Great Places (Virginia — 2018)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2019)

El día de los niños / El día de los libros (K-2 — 2019)

NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12 (2019)

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Publication

HarperCollins (2018), 40 pages

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2018

Physical description

40 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0062742469 / 9780062742469

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