Ron's Big Mission

Title: Ron's Big Mission
Author:  Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden
Illustrator: Don Tate
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 2nd-6th
Publisher: Scholastic
Date of Publication: 2009
ISBN: 978-0545291460

Synopsis: A fictionalized account of Ron McNair's (African-American NASA astronaut) experience getting a library card at a time when only White children were allowed to check out books and take them home. 

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Possible Teaching Points: 1) Jim Crow, 2) Civil Rights

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