She Persisted: Kalpana Chawla
Reeks: She Persisted
Raakhee Mirchandani ; Chelsea Clinton
- Inspired
- by
- the
- #1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller
- She
- Persisted
- by
- Chelsea
- Clinton
- and
- Alexandra
- Boiger
- comes
- a
- chapter
- book
- series
- about
- women
- who
- spoke
- up
- and
- rose
- up
- against
- the
- odds--including
- Kalpana
- Chawla!Born
- and
- raised
- in
- India,
- Kalpana
- Chawla
- was
- discouraged
- from
- pursuing
- a
- career
- in
- aeronautical
- engineering
- because
- there
- were
- limited
- career
- options
- for
- women
- in
- that
- field.
- But
- she
- persisted,
- getting
- her
- degree
- and
- then
- moving
- to
- the
- US
- to
- obtain
- other,
- more
- advanced
- education
- before
- joining
- NASA
- and
- becoming
- the
- first
- Indian-born
- woman
- to
- go
- to
- space.
- Though
- she
- was
- killed
- in
- the
- Space
- Shuttle
- Columbia
- disaster,
- she
- continues
- to
- inspire
- girls
- in
- India
- and
- around
- the
- world
- to
- pursue
- their
- dreams
- of
- spaceflight.In
- this
- chapter
- book
- biography
- by
- acclaimed
- author
- Raakhee
- Mirchandani,
- readers
- learn
- about
- the
- amazing
- life
- of
- Kalpana
- Chawla--and
- how
- she
- persisted.Complete
- with
- an
- introduction
- from
- Chelsea
- Clinton,
- black-and-white
- illustrations
- throughout,
- and
- a
- list
- of
- ways
- that
- readers
- can
- follow
- in
- Kalpana
- Chawla's
- footsteps
- and
- make
- a
- difference!
- A
- perfect
- choice
- for
- kids
- who
- love
- learning
- and
- teachers
- who
- want
- to
- bring
- inspiring
- women
- into
- their
- curriculum.And
- don’t
- miss
- out
- on
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- books
- in
- the
- She
- Persisted
- series,
- featuring
- so
- many
- more
- women
- who
- persisted,
- including
- Sally
- Ride,
- Temple
- Grandin,
- Malala
- Yousafzai,
- and more!
