Seattle, Washington — 2026-11-02
Linda Soules Releases 'So You Want To Be An Astronaut,' an Unsanded Career Guide for Readers Ages 10 to 14
The illustrated nonfiction title covers astronaut training, microgravity and crew dependence, and joins a series with more than 60 published books
Author Linda Soules has released So You Want To Be An Astronaut, an illustrated children's nonfiction book that walks readers ages 10 to 14 through the training, science and daily reality of an astronaut's career. The book is available now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1972766015. It is the latest entry in Soules's So You Want To Be A... series, a career-exploration line that now includes more than 60 published titles. Rather than presenting spaceflight as a cinematic fantasy, the book covers what happens between the childhood dream and the launch: years of preparation, technical study, and the physical and psychological demands of living in microgravity. Its stated premise is that young readers can handle an honest account of a hard job, and that the honest account is more interesting than the myth.
