This book is a textbook disguised as a literary biography. In actuality, the book is about many women who worked at NACA and NASA from WWII to 1969. The trailer made the book seem that it would be about three women who worked at NASA during the space race. The trailers for the Hidden Figures movie looked good, so I was expecting to enjoy reading the biography. However, I was let down. This year, between Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, the students voted for Hidden Figures. This also results in assessments on the reading once school begins. Now, every student votes in the district to read the same book over the summer, which has become a great way to give the entire students body something in common. For the first time, the One Book One School (OBOS) is a selection for the entire Lenape Regional district, not just Cherokee High School.
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