Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier

by Jim Ottaviani

Book Overview

In the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space.

The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626728771
• ISBN13: 9781626728776
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8