Marty’s Mission: An Apollo 11 Story
Written by Judy Young
Illustrated by David Miles
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It's 1969 and Marty's family lives on the U.S. island of Guam, where his father manages the NASA tracking station that relays signals back and forth between the Apollo 11 astronauts and Mission Control in Houston, Texas. Along with the rest of the world, Marty intently follows the first manned lunar landing and watches astronaut Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon. But during the spacecraft's return to Earth, something goes wrong! Without Marty’s help, Mission Control will not be able to communicate with the astronauts and the craft might not safely return back to Earth. Based on actual events, young readers get a front-row seat to this historic event.
Awards
- 2021 Great Kids Can Read Award Finalist by Greater Kansas City Assoc. of School Librarians
- 2019 Kansas State Reading Circle Selection
Published by Sleeping Bear Press, 2019
Hard Cover 32 pages, ISBN 978-1-53411-014-4
US $17.99
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