Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition — Content Guide for Parents
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- ReligionBriefChristian
- Race & cultureCentral
- Gender rolesSupportingChallenges traditional roles
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- Scary content
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
The uplifting, amazing true story—a New York Times bestseller
This edition of Margot Lee Shetterly’s acclaimed book is perfect for young readers. It is the powerful story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Now a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.
Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.
Frequently asked questions
Is Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition appropriate for a 7-year-old?
One reviewer recalls a brief mention of attending church, and the book is otherwise about work and history. The book tells how four Black women worked at NASA under segregation and Jim Crow, including separate bathrooms and lunch seating, alongside the civil rights movement.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have violence?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have scary content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have religion?
Found (Brief, Christian): One reviewer recalls a brief mention of attending church, and the book is otherwise about work and history.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have race & culture?
Found (Central): The book tells how four Black women worked at NASA under segregation and Jim Crow, including separate bathrooms and lunch seating, alongside the civil rights movement.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have profanity?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have sexual content?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have gender roles?
Found (Supporting, Challenges traditional roles): The women work in a field then dominated by white men, and the book covers barriers for women in the workplace and the movement for gender equality.
Does Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition have gender & orientation?
Not found in the sources we checked.
