“The Six,” by Loren Grush This is the story of America’s first women astronauts, told by a writer who was the daughter of two NASA engineers. Grush’s bio says she “grew up surrounded by astronauts and Space Shuttles,” so her knowledge is first-hand. Her writing avoids esoteric science trivia while making the technical facts understandable. […]
“To Die Beautiful,” by Buzzy Jackson This is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Hannie Schaft, a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. The scenes and dialogues are imagined, but the major events and the people involved are real. Hannie Schaft was a 19-year-old law student when the Nazis invaded […]