Ron's Big Mission
About this book
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL15207363W
Subjects
FictionChildhood and youthLibrariesJuvenile fictionBooks and readingSegregationAfrican AmericansHistoryAfrican American astronautsCivil rightsAfrican Americans and librariesBiographyChildren's fictionLibraries, fictionBooks and reading, fictionAfrican americans, fictionSouth carolina, fiction