Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut
Book Details
- Publisher
- Center Street
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Hispanic & Latin
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9781455522804
- ISBN-10
- 1455522805
Free U.S. shipping on all orders. International shipping is calculated at checkout.
ISBN: 1455522805
Author: Hern
Condition: New
The book the new film A Million Miles Away is based on.Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernndez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. Reaching for the Stars is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.Hernndez didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit.Hernndez message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.
Have a question?
Reaching for the Stars: The Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut
You May Also Like
More in Books Under $20
