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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's death, to uncover the secrets of the world, and to dream of...
Series
Publisher
World Book Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A volume describing the innovations of Robert Hoyt. Hoyt is developing a robotic technology called SpiderFab that builds spacecraft while in orbit around Earth"--
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc., a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A volume explaining the research of NASA scientist Kendra Short for the creation of flexible, printed electronics, including printable space probes"--
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc., a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"A volume explaining engineer Masahiro Ono's plan to create a space probe that will be able to hitch itself to an asteroid as the asteroid is traveling through our galaxy"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11"--
"As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal...
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was a young girl when she...