Taking off
By: Jenny Moss
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780802721938
Subjects: Challenger (Spacecraft); Poetry; Fiction; Self-realization; Interpersonal relations; High schools; Schools; Accidents; History
Description: In 1985 in Clear Lake, Texas, home of the Johnson Space Center, high school senior Annie Porter struggles with her desire to become a poet, but her resolve to pursue her dream is strengthened  when she meets Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher to go into space.