Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search


Ron's big mission Cover Image Book Book
Rate or review

Ron's big mission / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden ; illustrated by Don Tate.

Blue, Rose. (Author). Naden, Corinne J. (Added Author). Tate, Don, (illustrator.).

Summary:
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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525478492 (trade)
  • ISBN: 0525478493
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2009]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
2.7 Follett Library Resources
K-3 Follett Library Resources
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader LG 2.9 0.5 0.5 127001

Search for related items by subject

Subject: McNair, Ronald E., 1950-1986 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation > Juvenile fiction.
Libraries > Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
South Carolina > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
McNair, Ronald E., 1950-1986 > Childhood and youth > Fiction.
Segregation > Fiction.
Libraries > Fiction.
Books and reading > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
South Carolina > History > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emmaus Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Emmaus Public Library E BLUE (Text) 36446002128554 New Juvenile Easy Recently Returned -

Additional Resources