International Space Station

Description

Humans have walked on the moon but can people really live in space A global team of engineers and scientists are joining forces to design and launch a permanent international space station. You've always been excited by the idea of space exploration but do you have what it takes to join the crew Will youBe an engineer designing robotics life support and other systems on the stationBe a shuttle astronaut delivering and installing modules during the station's constructionBe an astronaut living and working on the completed stationEverything in this book happened to real people. And you choose what you do next. The choices you make either lead you and the project to success - or to failure.

Allison Lassieur has never had pop-star dreams, but she once sang in a choir that went on a multi-state tour on the way to Walt Disney World. Today she's an award-winning author of more than 150 history and non-fiction books about everything from Ancient Rome to the International Space Station. Her books have received several Kirkus starred reviews and Booklist recommendations, and her historical novel Journey to a Promised Land was awarded the 2020 Kansas Library Association Notable Book Award, and Library of Congress Great Reads Book selection. Allison lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a scruffy, loveable mutt named Jingle Jack, and more books than she can count.

These titles aren't adventures per se but rather an engaging way to reach students hesitant about space science. Some of the "paths" simply end when that part of a mission concludes or the particular engineering problem is solved, while others continue to a final goal. Negative endings are possible, including being fired or getting space motion sickness. Some choices introduce moral dilemmas, while others simply involve choosing among relatively equal possibilities. . . .The first-person perspective is an effective means of getting readers passionate about space. No doubt these will inspire a few future engineers and astronauts.-- "School Library Journal"