Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea
by Anna Humphrey and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Ruby wants first prize at the fifth grade science fair—and she thinks her quirky,... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 28,163
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 164790, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Goldberg, Rube, 1883-1970--Fiction
- Inventions
- Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General
- Grandfathers--Fiction
- Science projects--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grandfathers
- Science projects
- Inventions--Fiction
- Goldberg, Rube
- Science fairs--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations
- Science fairs
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