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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition about NFL, UpFormer, Virginia with the genre: Children's Books, Science, Nature & How It Works?
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conversations.value: Gr 6 UpFormer astronaut the author has the distinction of being the only person to be drafted into the NFL and fly into outer space as an astronaut. This autobiography chronicles his unique and inspirational journey. The narrative opens with the author in a somber place after losing his hearing in an underwater astronaut training accident, before doubling back to his childhood in Virginia. the author's readable prose follows his life from his stop off in the NFL, where he was waylaid by an injury before ever playing in a game, through graduate school and all during his time in the International Space Station, to his retirement from NASA. The astronaut proves a likable narrator. He matter-of-factly relates his own experiences with racism as an African American man and gives occasional nods to his Christian faith as a source of strength in difficult times. The scale of the author's achievement is impressive: he completed graduate-level engineering coursework at night while attending Dallas Cowboys training camp, and he never gave up his pursuit of going into space, even after his hearing was damaged. While his crowning achievementbeing selected to go into spaceis not given the level of detail some space buffs may hope for, it's balanced by his encounters with significant historical figures, such as Katherine Johnson, and major historical eventsthe explosion of the space shuttle Columbia. VERDICT An accessible contemporary autobiography that would be a strong choice for any middle school or teen collection.Bobbi Parry, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, LA
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conversations.value: Bobbi Parry, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, LA. VERDICT An accessible contemporary autobiography that would be a strong choice for any middle school or teen collection. While his crowning achievementbeing selected to go into spaceis not given the level of detail some space buffs may hope for, it's balanced by his encounters with significant historical figures, such as Katherine Johnson, and major historical eventsthe explosion of the space shuttle Columbia. The scale of the author's achievement is impressive: he completed graduate-level engineering coursework at night while attending Dallas Cowboys training camp, and he never gave up his pursuit of going into space, even after his hearing was damaged. He matter-of-factly relates his own experiences with racism as an African American man and gives occasional nods to his Christian faith as a source of strength in difficult times. The astronaut proves a likable narrator. the author's readable prose follows his life from his stop off in the NFL, where he was waylaid by an injury before ever playing in a game, through graduate school and all during his time in the International Space Station, to his retirement from NASA. The narrative opens with the author in a somber place after losing his hearing in an underwater astronaut training accident, before doubling back to his childhood in Virginia. This autobiography chronicles his unique and inspirational journey.Gr 6 UpFormer astronaut the author has the distinction of being the only person to be drafted into the NFL and fly into outer space as an astronaut