Reaching for the Moon is the inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11.
As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father €™s words in mind: €œYou are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you. €
In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA €™s biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon.
Katherine Johnson €™s story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.
Author: Katherine Johnson
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Publishing Date: May, 2020
Softcover: 272 pages
