Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space
by Tam O'Shaughnessy
Years before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2015
Word Count 18,560
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 870L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 179544, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Astronauts--United States--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
- Women astronauts--United States--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
- Astronauts
- Ride, Sally--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
- Ride, Sally--Pictorial works--Juvenile literature
- Ride, Sally
- Astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Biography
- Biographies
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Women astronauts
- Women astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2022
Commended, 2016

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