Silent to the Bone author-Walter De La Mare With the queens’ sixteenth birthday

With the queens’ sixteenth birthday celebration on the horizon and the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them

This inspirational picture book reveals what is was like for a young black mother of three to navigate the difficult world of the 1950s and 60s and to succeed in an unwelcoming industry to become one of the now legendary "hidden figures" of NASA computing and space research

full of lights and spectacle that could chase away even the darkest shadow

and Tracy’s older brother

aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away

Silent to the Bone author-Walter De La Mare With the queens’ sixteenth birthdayKONIGSBURG, E[laine] L[obl]. Silent to the Bone. NY: Atheneum [2000]. 8vo, [x] 261pp. Blue board spine stamped in gold with orange boards. Orange endpapers. A near fine copy with slight bumping to upper spine end, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author, two time Newbery Medalist, E. L. Konigsburg. First edition. Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Nikki. Shes Branwell's baby half sister. But shes in a coma and Branwell