Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark

Written by Allen R. Wells · Illustrated by DeAndra Hodge

A girl who fixes everything she touches grows up to solve a rocket engine problem.

40 pages· AD710L

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Yvonne Clark had an engineering spark. Broken lamp, wrecked radio, clogged furnace: she tinkered until each one worked. When she grew up, her problem-solving power took her to NASA, where engineers had a serious problem with hot spots in the Saturn V rocket's F-1 engine. The true story of one of the first Black women to work as an engineer for NASA.

From the publisher

An NAACP Image Award Winner! Based on a true story, this inspiring picture book is about a curious, tinkering girl who grew up to become one of the first Black female engineers for NASA - for fans of Ada Twist, Scientist and Counting on Katherine. Yvonne Clark had an engineering spark–an instinct for figuring out how things worked. Broken lamp? She screwed, rewired, and wrenched until…light!Wrecked radio? She twisted, snipped, and hammered until…music!Clogged furnace? She picked, plucked, and cleared until…heat! When she grew up, Yvonne’s problem-solving power took her to NASA, where fellow engineers had a serious problem with the Saturn V rocket’s F-1 engine: It had hot spots–high temperatures in the engine. Can Yvonne Clark and her engineering spark solve the problem? In an electric tribute, Allen R. Wells artfully tells the life story of his favorite engineering professor who also happened to be one of our nation’s most influential African American engineers. DeAndra Hodge’s bright illustrations explode with energy, matching the vibrance of Yvonne as a creative child and following her rise to NASA and beyond.

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