Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France
by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno
Scientific discoveries were all the rage the first time Ben Franklin visited Paris.... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 2,422
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 690L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 173543
- Subject Headings
- Science--Experiments--Juvenile literature
- Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815--Juvenile literature
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Juvenile literature
- France--History--18th century
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Science--Methodology--Juvenile literature
- Methodology
- Psychology--Experiments
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Europe
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Psychology--Experiments--Juvenile literature
- Science
- Psychology
- Mesmer, Franz Anton
- Mesmerism--Juvenile literature
- Experiments
- Science--Methodology
- Mesmer, Franz Anton, 1734-1815
- France--History--18th century--Juvenile literature
- Mesmerism
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Cook Prize, 2012-2020
Winner, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2020
Nonfiction Honor, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Science Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2015
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