When Scott Kelly was returning from the ISS after his year-long mission, I was in the middle of teaching space exploration to my 6th graders. We watched his preparation leading up to his return to Earth, followed his Twitter feed, and cheered when he was back safely on Earth. It was perfect for our curriculum and this Young Readers Edition is perfect for my middle grade students to learn so many life lesson from Scott Kelly. I've assigned it as part of my Space-Themed Literature assignment, and

I love that Scott found his purpose in life after reading the book “The Right Stuff.” Once he set his goal, his work ethic is amazing. I found it fascinating how much work on the International Space Station is in preparation for one day possibly reaching Mars.

Un libro interesante y entretenido con una historia inspiradora.

This book is a memoir about the astronaut Scott Kelly, his time in space, and how he ended up as an astronaut. He begins by talking about his childhood and when he and his brother were awakened by his parents on July 21, 1969, to watch the people walk on the moon for the first time. He said after that day he wanted to be an astronaut. After that, he talks furthermore about his life. He explained what the abbreviations meant, for example, “I had 250 new MUGs (Midshipmen Under Guidance) to train.”...

Boring. Bland. Bad. Idk I had to read it for a school project otherwise I wouldn't have.

Endurance: My Year in Space and How I Got There by Scott Kelly, 310 pages. NON-FICTION Crown Books (Penguin Random House), 2018. $18. Language: G: Mature Content: G; Violence: G. BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – ESSENTIAL AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE Scott Kelly had a hard time concentrating in school, but he developed a curiosity and love of flying and space that motivated him to become an astronaut. Kelly tells of his sibling rivalry with his twin, his struggles with school and his courage to try new thi...

Our family WA summer/fall road trip audiobook. I liked it but my space loving kids loved it. They gave it a 4.5. :)

For this one, I guess I'd want to read the adult version to compare because I didn't hit it off with this book and think it's the approach Kelly takes with the book as well as the choppy tell-don't-show sentences that didn't pull me in. There were assumptions and understandings that need to be made from the start since his first few sentences are "Mark and me". Adults would know that they are twins and have some context of their history, but most middle grade readers who the book is targeted to,...

This book was told from the point of view Scott Kelly, a NASA astronaut that spent over 500 days in space during his life. Scott was a very reliable narrator because he described the things that both the Russian space agency and NASA were doing right and wrong as well as described the things he enjoyed and didn’t enjoy about the process of traveling and living in space. I liked that this book was set in a very recent time period, him landing from space the most recent time in March 2016. It was

This was surprisingly great and just a little spooky with its mentions of Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff, which I recently gave up halfway through. I'd be interested to compare this version with the "adult" version.

I really enjoyed reading this with my 12 year old grandson and learned a lot about living in space.

2nd time for this version also --a good job of condensing the story to interest youthI'll be presenting the adult version at my book club soon, so wanted to review it. Have recommended both versions to several friends.overdrive audio 1.25

I was looking for some narrative non-fiction for middle school booktalks, and this was perfect. It's compelling, with lots of details about life in space and plenty of build up to how he got there.

The info about becoming an astronaut and his time on the space station has strong appeal but I don't think the personal memoir aspects were well-adapted for young readers--not so much inappropriate content but just sounded like he was talking to adults instead of children when he shared info about family/personal life.

This was a great book! It was easy to read and at the perfect level for my 6th grader to understand and yet learn things about space and the ISS. Curiosity was sparked! It was inspiring as a parent to read about someone who struggled in school yet went on to learn how to learn and accomplish great things. If you have a kid who loves space, this is a great book for them! He writes with a great "voice," keeping the story interesting and fun.

This was fun to read during the time that perseverance was landing on Mars, which was not manned. The book gave me an idea of how hard landing a person on Mars will be.

FINALLY I AM DONE.I had to read this book for school and I've got to say, I might have liked this book if my teacher hadn't ruined it for me. I mean, what do you expect when every week we have to write pointless paragraphs about it. Sorry I am ranting. Onto the actual review!!!So...This book basically highlights Scott Kelly's life. It talks about how he dealt with living in space and his life in the navy. It speaks of his personal life and the challenges of his work life. It was cool at times, b...

This book was just as good a second time through as it was the first time. I had to reread it to do a PowerPoint program based on it.

Scott Kelly details his life from childhood as a risk-taking twin in New Jersey to living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for a full year. Scott was a poor student in high school, but found motivation in reading The Right Stuff, a book about a pilot, along with an inspirational phone call with his twin Mark Kelly in college. Once Scott learned how to study he found he could be a good student and that for him he "needed to be all in or I would mess up." He attended New York's Maritim...

While the two reviews here seem to say that Scott Kelly seemed to be a little light on detail, I'm looking for quality literary nonfiction for my eighth grade students, and this book is going to be perfect! He tells his story with just the right amount of depth to engage young readers, but then moves onto another interesting topic. I think this is perfect for the target audience. It's great to see someone who struggled a bit through school and worked hard and achieved his major goal. Students wi...