Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies
by Lawrence Goldstone
Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality,... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 41,226
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1150L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 188793
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Daredevils--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Air pilots--History--Juvenile literature
- Daredevils--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Flight--History--Juvenile literature
- Aeronautics--History--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- History
- Aeronautics
- Daredevils
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Air pilots
- Air pilots--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Flight
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