Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon, Hardcover/Suzanne Slade

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Contributor(s):Author: Suzanne Slade Illustrator: Thomas Gonzalez Powerful free verse and stunning illustrations tell the true story of the American effort to land the first man on the Moon. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would try to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. During the two thousand, nine hundred and seventy-nine days that followed his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people--engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists--joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality. Award-winning author and former mechanical engineer Suzanne Slade joins up with New York Times best-selling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez to tell the powerful story of the successes, failures, triumphs, tragedies, and lessons learned from Apollos 1 through 10 that led to the first Moon landing.  Review citations Publishers Weekly / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 07/30/2018Publishers Weekly / Exceptional Presentation - 07/30/2018Publishers Weekly / Book Of Special Distinction - 07/30/2018Publishers Weekly / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 07/30/2018Publishers Weekly / Highly Recommended - 07/30/2018Kirkus Reviews - pg. 125 - 07/01/2018Voice of Youth Advocates / Recommended - 08/01/2018Voice of Youth Advocates / Very Good - 08/01/2018Voice of Youth Advocates / Recommended - Readable - 08/01/2018Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 98 - 09/01/2018Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 98 - 09/01/2018Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 98 - 09/01/2018Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 98 - 09/01/2018Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg. 98 - 09/01/2018School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 94 - 10/01/2018School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 94 - 10/01/2018School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction -