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Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket ScientistThe inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo's family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia's life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of
The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedo's family forever altered. As she struggled in the aftermath of loss, young Sylvia's life transformed when she joined the Brownies. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science.With new confidence, Sylvia navigated shifting cultural expectations at school and at home, forging her own trail to become one of the first Latinx to graduate with a master's in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Simultaneously available in Spanish
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/04/2018
ISBN: 9781328809568
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d
Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 96
Booklist 07/01/2018 pg. 45
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 137
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 196957 / Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9
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I’m an FNP student and I love this. Great for hw and clinicals. Although I don’t take it to clinicals because it’s on the bigger and heavier side, but I do use it when I’m puzzled on a patient once I get home.
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arrived in great shape
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I have not read the book yet. My class does not start until 5/8
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