Ron's Big Mission

Blue, Rose

Picture Book - 2009 | First edition.

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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.

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Publisher: New York, NY : Dutton Childrens Books, [2009]

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 9780525478492
0525478493

Characteristics: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Additional Contributors: Naden, Corinne J. - Author
Tate, Don - Illustrator

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Tigard_HollyCP Oct 22, 2020

Linda C says: Ron McNair, future astronaut, faced a lot of racial discrimination as a child in South Carolina. When denied the opportunity to take home books from his local library, he stood his ground and gained an unlikely ally. I choose this book because I feel no one should be denied the righ... Read More »

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kmscows Mar 01, 2017

A wonderful story of Ron McNair's (astronaut) determination to right a wrong. Ron wants to check out library books as a young black child in South Carolina, but the rules won't allow him to because he is black. Ron persists and gets his own library card. The illustrations are bright and colorful and fully enhance the story.