One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong

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By Don Brown
Publisher HMH Books for Young Readers
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong
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As a young boy, Neil Armstrong had a recurring dream in which he held his breath and floated high above the people, houses, and cars. He spent his free time reading stacks of flying magazines, building model airplanes, and staring through the homemade telescope mounted on the roof of his neighbors garage. As a teenager, Neil became obsessed with the idea of flight, working odd jobs to pay for flying lessons at a nearby airport. He earned his student pilots license on his sixteenth birthday. But who was to know that this shy boy, who also loved books and music, would become the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969. Here is the inspiring story of one boys dream a dream of flying that landed him more than 200,000 miles away in space, gazing upon the awesome sight of a tiny earth hanging suspended in a perfectly black sky. On the thirtieth anniversary of the moon landing, Don Browns expressive story reveals the achievement of this American legend, Neil Armstrong, re

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1195 words1,195 words
32 pages32 pages
Lexile AD670LLexile AD670L
Grade 2 to 4Grade 2 to 4
Published 1998Published 1998

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Book ISBN:

0395884012

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