T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
Graphic fictionalized retelling of the moon landing timed for the fortieth anniversary!In T-Minus the exciting story of two world superpowers racing to land a man on the moon is depicted through compelling comics artwork, taking readers through the history of the race and turning the engineers...
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Graphic fictionalized retelling of the moon landing timed for the fortieth anniversary!In T-Minus the exciting story of two world superpowers racing to land a man on the moon is depicted through compelling comics artwork, taking readers through the history of the race and turning the engineers and astronauts involved into vivid and real characters. The story unfolds through the eyes of the figures working behind the scenes to make this miracle happen, showing every triumph and catastrophe along the way, and culminating in the dramatic event itself.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781416949602 (1416949607)
ASIN: 1416949607
Publish date: May 19th 2009
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
T-Minus is a brief, graphic novel history of the space race. And I did enjoy it, for the most part, but this is not the book to start with if you know little or nothing about the race to the moon. It's obvious that a lot of research and love went into this book. There's some very detailed informatio...
Summary: This graphic novelization of the space race leading up to the moon landing, told from both the Russian and American space program's viewpoints, is tailor-made for the middle school social studies classroom.Plot: The author takes the historical timelines of both the USSR and the USA's progre...
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