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Blue, Rose , Naden, Corinne J.

Ron's Big Mission

32 pp. | Dutton | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-525-47849-2 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Don Tate. Young Ron (astronaut Ronald McNair) doesn't have time for breakfast or basketball: "I've got something important to do." He's going to the library to check out aviation books. But in his segregated town, Ron is forbidden from having a library card. Contemporary-looking caricatures plus lack of context make it difficult to situate the fictionalized story in time, but the events described are inspiring.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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