Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition
“Shetterly’s highly recommended work offers up a crucial history that had previously and unforgivably been lost.”
Library Journal (starred review)
A Huffington Post Pick of 24 Children's Books to Read to Your Kids for Black History Month
Finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children
Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Now in a special new edition perfect for young readers, this is the amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Soon to be a major motion picture.
Praise