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Beyond the Mapped Stars
Rosalyn Eves
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Alfred A.Knopf/Knopf Doubleday
ISBN: 978-1-984849-55-7
Keywords: Stereotypes, Racial and religious bigotry, Gender discrimination, Astronomy, Self-discovery, Mormons/Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
In the 1870s West, Elizabeth, 17, struggles to reconcile the expectations of her Mormon faith with her dreams of becoming an astronomer.