The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World
by Mike Winchell
An extensive history of three brilliant inventors reveals the high stakes and drama... read more
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 49,978
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 502275, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- History
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Inventors--United States--Juvenile literature
- Lighting--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Electric power
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943--Juvenile literature
- Electric power--History--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Technology | Electricity & Electronics
- Westinghouse, George
- Lighting
- Edison, Thomas A
- Electrical engineering--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Electrification
- Electrification--History--Juvenile literature
- Tesla, Nikola
- Electrical engineering
- Inventors
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Young Adult Biography
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