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Chasing Space

by Leland Melvin
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From the NFL to NASA, Leland Melvin "shows us how he made the best of every opportunity and every setback on his way from his hometown to outer space" (Bill Nye, The Science Guy).
Meet Leland Melvin—football star, NASA astronaut, and professional dream chaser.
In this inspiring memoir, adapted from the adult version, young readers will get to learn about Leland Melvin's remarkable life story, from being drafted by the Detroit Lions to bravely orbiting our planet in the International Space Station to writing songs with will.i.am, working with Serena Williams, and starring in television shows like The Dog Whisperer and Child Genius.
When his football career was cut short by an injury, Leland didn't waste time mourning his broken dream. Instead, he found a new one—something that was completely out of this world. And when an accident during astronaut training left him hearing-impaired, he held on to his faith and didn't give up!
With do-it-yourself experiments in the back of the book and sixteen pages of striking full-color photographs, this is the perfect book to inspire young readers.
Winner, 2019 Grand Canyon Reader Award for Tween Non-Fiction
"Chronicles his unique and inspirational journey . . . The scale of Melvin's achievement is impressive: he completed graduate-level engineering coursework at night while attending Dallas Cowboys training camp, and he never gave up his pursuit of going into space, even after his hearing was damaged." —School Library Journal
"In Chasing Space, Leland Melvin tackles stupendous obstacles with dogged determination, showing you what is indeed possible in life—if you believe." —Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
"Chasing Space is a must read—a flight you shouldn't miss."—Katherine Johnson, former NASA physicist and mathematician, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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    • Release date

      November 21, 2023

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      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9780062665942
        • File size: 9151 KB

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9780062665942
        • File size: 9151 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 7.2
      • Lexile® Measure: 1020
      • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
      • Text Difficulty: 6-8

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    Formats

    • OverDrive Read
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    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:7.2
    • Lexile® Measure:1020
    • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty:6-8
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