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Blast off into space and get to know Mae Jemison the first African-American woman to ever go to space with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people you should meet. Meet Mae Jemison, the first African-American female astronaut Did you know before Mae was an astronaut, she went to medical school and joined the Peace Corps? But she never forgot her childhood dream to travel to outer space. So in 1985 she applied to NASA s astronaut training program. On September 12, 1992, Mae flew into space with six other astronauts aboard the space shuttle "Endeavour" and made history just like you can if you follow your dreams A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus a fun timeline filled with interesting trivia facts about space With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so much fun ".
About the Author
Laurie Calkhoven has always been fascinated by history, and especially by the ordinary people who got caught up in extraordinary moments in history. She likes the small moments and bizarre facts that mostly get left out by the serious history books -- like whether or not a broken egg kept the American Revolution on track, and how putting your hands in your pockets and jiggling change could lead to an arrest in Nazi-occupied France.While she was researching her biography of George Washington, she started to wondering about life during the Siege of Boston. Soon, a character named Daniel was whispering in her ear, telling her about his secret work for General George Washington, and she wrote the novel DANIEL AT THE SIEGE OF BOSTON, 1776. A biography of Harriet Tubman led to a second novel in her BOYS OF WARTIME series--WILL AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 1863. Her third historical novel, MICHAEL AT THE INVASION OF FRANCE, 1943 rounds out the series.When she's not writing historical books, Calkhoven is at work on nonfiction books like I GREW UP TO BE PRESIDENT and historical mysteries for American Girl. You can find her online at www.lauriecalkhoven.com
