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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Hernández, José M., 1962- author.     Subjects     Hernández, José M., 1962-     Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.     Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hernández, José M., 1962- author.       by title:      Reaching for the sta...         MARC Display

Reaching for the stars : the inspiring story of a migrant farmworker turned astronaut / José M. Hernández ; foreword by Emilio Estefan. by Hernández, José M., 1962- author. New York : Center Street, 2012. Subjects Hernández, José M., 1962-   Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.   Migrant agricultural laborers -- California -- Biography. ISBN:  9781455522804 (hardcover) : 1455522805 (hardcover) : Description:  xvi, 252 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  1 Summary:  Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut. Hernández didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit. Hernández message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 629.45009 Hernandez He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 629.45009 Hernandez He Item being held Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.45009 Hernandez He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.45009 Hernandez He Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Biography B Hernandez He Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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