Follett Content Book Detail: Moonshot : the Flight of Apollo 11 by Floca, Brian

Moonshot : the Flight of Apollo 11

Author: Floca, Brian

Follett Number: 1290KT5
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-53444-030-2
ISBN-10: 1-53444-030-5
Dewey: 629.45
Classifications: Nonfiction

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Subjects:
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
Project Apollo (U.S.)
Space Flight to the Moon
"Expanded for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.";"A Richard Jackson book.";Includes bibliographical references and filmography. An illustrated account of the flight of Apollo 11 in 1969, the first manned mission to land on the moon.

From the publisher:
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission, Floca expands his Sibert Honor Book in this new edition, introducing a new generation of readers to a story of adventure and discovery--a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away. Full color.

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