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Yvonne Clark and her engineering spark

A curious, tinkering girl grew up to become one of the first Black female engineers for NASA, where she helped solve a problem with the Saturn V rocket.

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Main Author:	Wells, Allen R. (Author)
Other Authors:	Hodge, DeAndra (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2025.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Clark, Yvonne, > 1929-2019 > Juvenile nonfiction. African American women aerospace engineers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Women aerospace engineers > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Aerospace engineers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile. Creative nonfiction > Juvenile. Picture books.
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Summary:	A curious, tinkering girl grew up to become one of the first Black female engineers for NASA, where she helped solve a problem with the Saturn V rocket.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 X 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographic references.
ISBN:	9780374391355 0374391351
Author Notes:	Allen R. Wells is an author and engineer. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He studied Architectural Engineering at Tennessee State University in Nashville. He is the author of It's Pride, Baby! and Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark . He currently lives in Virginia. DeAndra Hodge is an illustrator and character designer based in Washington D.C. She graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Art from the University of Montevallo. She is the illustrator of Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark by Allen R. Wells. DeAndra grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, a.k.a "Rocket City" where Yvonne Clark spent a summer working on the Saturn V booster engine.