Apollo 11 Moon Landing
By (Author) Thomas K Adamson
Capstone Press
Capstone Press
1st August 2016
United States
Children
Non Fiction
629.454
Paperback
112
Width 140mm, Height 195mm
You are an American living in the 1960s. The United States and Soviet Union are engaged in a space race for the most advanced space exploration technology. When President John F Kennedy begins a new space program with a goal of landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s you want to be a part of it. Will you
Work on training for the Apollo 11 mission
Be in Mission Control for the Apollo 11 moon landing
Be on the astronaut recovery team
Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make either lead you and the project to success - or to failure.
These titles aren't adventures per se but rather an engaging way to reach students hesitant about space science. Some of the "paths" simply end when that part of a mission concludes or the particular engineering problem is solved, while others continue to a final goal. Negative endings are possible, including being fired or getting space motion sickness. Some choices introduce moral dilemmas, while others simply involve choosing among relatively equal possibilities. . . .The first-person perspective is an effective means of getting readers passionate about space. No doubt these will inspire a few future engineers and astronauts.-- "School Library Journal"
Thomas K. Adamson has written dozens of nonfiction books for kids on sports, space, math, and more. He lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with his wife and two sons. He likes reading and playing ball with his boys. He also likes to check scores and stats on his phone.