Sally Ride: Life on a Mission
by Sue Macy
Sally Ride was more than the first woman in space—she was a real-life explorer... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2014
Word Count 23,285
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1170L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 180990, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General
- Astronauts
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries
- Women astronauts--United States--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Discoveries
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disc
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Astronauts--United States--Biography
- Ride, Sally
- Physicists
- United States
- Physicists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women
- Women astronauts
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2023
Commended, 2015
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