Apollo 13 (Totally True Adventures): How Three Brave Astronauts Survived A Space Disaster

Authors: Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: JNF025210, JNF051000, JNF051010
ISBN: 9780385391276, Related ISBNs: 0385391250, 0385391269, 0385391277, 9780385391252, 9780385391269
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 112,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: Could you survive an outer-space disaster? Aspiring astronauts and young explorers will love this out-of-this-world Totally True Adventure.
 
Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise blasted off for the Moon on April 11, 1970. But after a disastrous explosion damaged their spacecraft, the three men had only one goal: to get back home safely. This informational text makes space travel exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, and additional Story Behind the Story facts.
 
Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.
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