Chasing Space (Young Readers' Edition)
by Leland Melvin
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 42,631
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1020L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 189291, 7 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Music
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- International Space Station--Juvenile literature
- Detroit Lions (Football team)--Juvenile literature
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American football players
- Melvin, Leland, 1964---Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Astronauts
- African American astronauts--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
- International Space Station
- Autobiographies
- Astronauts--United States--Biography
- African American astronauts
- African American football players--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Detroit Lions (Football team)
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Melvin, Leland, 1964---Juvenile literature
- Melvin, Leland
- African Americans--Biography
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Awards & Distinctions 4
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Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2018
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
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