Blue, Rose.

Ron's big mission / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden ; illustrated by Don Tate. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Dutton Childrens Books, c2009. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Hardcover

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.

ISBN: 9780525478492 0525478493

LCCN: 2007050563

Subjects--Personal Names:
McNair, Ronald E., 1950-1986 --Childhood and youth--Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Segregation--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Children's literature--2009.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Carolina--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.B6248 / Ron 2008

Dewey Class. No.: [E]