Marty's mission : an Apollo 11 story
Record details
- ISBN: 1534110143 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781534110144 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
print - Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2019]
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Subject: | Outer space Fiction Radar Guam Antennas Fiction Tracking (Engineering) Fiction Project Apollo (U.S.) Fiction Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) Fiction |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | E YOUNG J (Text) | 33126022727394 | Easy | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | E YOUNG J (Text) | 33126022727402 | JBreakout Collection 1 | Checked out | 05/11/2024 |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2019 April
Copyright 2019 School Library Journal.Gr 1â3â Marty's Mission is about the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 told through the eyes of Marty, the son of a man managing the NASA Tracking Station in Guam. The time difference does not affect Marty as he stays up to hear about the launch and watch the landing the next day, all while eagerly awaiting to see Apollo 11 return to Earth. After the Tracking Station's bearings become stuck, it's up to Marty to grease them up enough to ensure adequate communication and a safe landing for the astronauts on board. Thankfully, a crisis is averted thanks to Marty. Told with vivid detail and accompanying illustrations, this entertaining story about a young boy's role in space history also gives a good overview of the Apollo 11 moon mission. There are plenty of stories about the men who landed on the moon, but not a lot is written for children about what the time was like back on Earth or even what complications arose during the mission. The artwork portrays the cool evenings, detailed space transmission parts, and stressful mission that Marty has to undertake in order to save the day.VERDICT An excellent purchase for elementary school collections.âMolly Dettmann, Norman North High School, OK