Who Was Sally Ride? (Who Was?)

by Megan Stine (Author) Ted Hammond (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?

In 1978, Sally Ride, a PhD candidate at Standford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the US astronaut program. She was accepted and became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space!

Among her other accomplishments, she played tennis like a professional, was an astrophysicist who helped develop a robotic arm for space shuttles, and later, through Sally Ride Science, worked to make science cool and accessible for girls. Sally Ride, who died on July 23, 2012, will continue to inspire young children.

Select format:
Paperback
$6.99

More books in the series - See All

Other series you might like

Megan Stine
Megan Stine is the author of many books for young girls, from books about TV celebrities to historical fiction and biographies.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448466873
Lexile Measure
800
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
May 16, 2013
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF051010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
Library of Congress categories
United States
Women
Women astronauts
Astronauts
Physicists
Women physicists
Ride, Sally

Subscribe to our delicious e-newsletter!