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PublisherCenter Street

ISBN-101455522805

ISBN-139781455522804

eBay Product ID (ePID)123083556

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Book TitleReaching for the Stars : the Inspiring Story of a Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPersonal Memoirs, Adventurers & Explorers

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorJosé M. Hernández

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal629.450092

SynopsisBorn into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernàndez 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. Hernàndez 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. Hernàndez message of hard work, education, perseverance, of reaching for the stars, makes this a classic American autobiography., 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. Hernàndez 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. Hernàndez 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. Hernàndez message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography., Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M Hernandez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. REACHING FOR THE STARS is the inspiring story of how he realised that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.Hernandez 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.Hernandez's message of hard work, education, perseverance, of 'reaching for the stars,' makes this a classic American autobiography., Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Hernandez dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. This is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.

As told toRubin, Monica Rojas