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Acevedo, Sylvia

Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

311 pp. | Clarion | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-328-80956-8 $17.99 | Spanish ISBN 978-1-328-53481-1 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-328-52690-8
(2) 4-6 Acevedo defied expectations growing up in a working-class Mexican American family in 1960s and 1970s Las Cruces, New Mexico. Thanks, in part, to childhood experiences in the Girl Scouts, she became a rocket scientist and is now CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Acevedo doesn't shy away from matter-of-factly discussing difficult parts of her youth. Occasional black-and-white photographs between chapters add intimacy to her moving autobiographical account. Also available in Spanish.
Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018

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