Find Where The Wind Goes: Moments From My Life
From majoring in chemical engineering at Stanford University (at the age  of 16) to giggling with hairdressers in Nairobi (in Swahili) to orbiting the  Earth as the first woman of color to travel in space (conducting experiments in  life and material sciences and bone cell research as the mission's science  specialist), Mae Jemison has never been one to sit and watch life pass her by.  From childhood, Jemison knew she would be an astronaut--the fact that space  travelers tended to be white men only meant one more obstacle she would gladly  face. Her autobiography, sassy, confident, and witty, is full of anecdotes  designed to empower young readers, even as they chuckle at her foibles and cheer  her victories. Whether working as a Peace Corps medical officer, fiercely  upholding her feminist stance in a sexist college class, or dancing her "fanny  off," Jemison is an inspiration to every child who dreams big. (Ages 10 and  older)--Emilie Coulter