One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
year: 2009
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: mcnair, ronald e., 1950-1986, childhood and youth, juvenile fiction, fiction, segregation, juvenile fiction, libraries, books and reading, african americans, fiction, south carolina, history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction
Editions
Blue, Rose
Dutton Children's Books (2009)
Nine-year-old Ron, a frequent visitor to the Lake City Public Library in South Carolina in the 1950s, where he pores over books on airplanes and flight, makes his own quiet stand against segregation when he decides to apply for his own library card. Based on the life of astronaut Ron McNair.
Schools: 56
Blue, Rose
One summer day in 1959, nine-year-old Ron McNair, who dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.
Schools: 2