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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
An impecunious businessman, Bedford, retreats to the Kent coast where he meets the archetypal absent-minded scientist, Dr. Cavor, who is on the point of producing a gravity-defying material. His experiments prove successful, making possible one of man's oldest dreams: a journey to the moon. The two men embark on this fantastic voyage--Bedford motivated by the prospect of wealth, and Cavor by the thirst for knowledge. However, when they arrive, they...
Author
Language
English
Description
Recounts the bold but dangerous mission to secure America's position as the first nation to reach the moon, revealing the dangers endured by its crew and the ways the mission brought renewal to a country ravaged by assassinations and war.
"In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had burned to death in their spacecraft,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 52
Language
English
Description
The story of Neil A. Armstrong, who became the first person to walk on the moon, on July 20, 1969. This biography examines the complex legacy of Armstrong, as an astronaut and as an individual, to form a portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveler.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 940L
Language
English
Description
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasnt just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible. Instead of examining one persons life, it focuses on the moon landing itself, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
"A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the...
Author
Series
SF masterworks volume 72
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Overview: Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential science fiction writer of his era, an influence so large that, as Samuel R. Delany notes, "modern critics attempting to wrestle with that influence find themselves dealing with an object rather like the sky or an ocean." He won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, a record that still stands. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was the last of these Hugo-winning novels, and it is widely considered...
Author
Publisher
Big Kid Science
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
Max the dog and his friend Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, inspiring the nations of the world to build a Moon colony. Scientific principles that support the story are clearly explained in "Big Kid Boxes" appearing on each page.
15) One giant leap
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of man's first walk on the moon, this book is a tribute that transports readers to the stars, where they will experience the moon landing just as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1170L
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated, oversized guide to the people and technology of the moon landing by award-winning author/illustrator John Rocco is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Book House
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Avoid Being on Apollo 13!" is an ideal text for shared and guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy. It describes the perils of space travel when things go wrong, as in the case of the 1970 American mission which set out to land on the moon.