CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Fearless Inventor CHAPTER 2 Capturing Attention CHAPTER 3 Superior Soaker CHAPTER 4 Super Soaker Success 8 CHAPTER 5 Forward Thinker 24 Timeline Source Notes Glossary Further Information Index
Chapter 1 Lonnie Johnson shoots water from a Super Soaker water gun FEARLESS INVENTOR Growing up Lonnie Johnson showed plenty of promise as an inventor He took things apart and built his own creations He experimented made mistakes and moved forward with new ideas Anyone could see he was smart creative and motivated 4
But not everyone in his life expected him to succeed in a big way Lonnie was a black student in the segregated South and did not have much opportunity Despite these challenges he became a US Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA engineer He also invented the Super Soaker one of the most popular toys in the world 0 The Super Soaker is a super high powered water gun 3 5
