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By Winifred Conkling
Hardcover edition
Publisher Algonquin Imprint Algonquin ISBN9781616204150
Awards and Honors Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Science & HealthNSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books 2017
2016 Cybils Finalist, Middle Grade and Young Adult Nonfiction Tablet Magazine Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2016, Chapter Books
Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

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AR Level
9.2
AR Points
9.0
AR Ready
No
Canadian Rights
No
Dewey
539.7
Title alpha
Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
Level
Nonfiction High Plus
Pages Count
240
Genre
Nonfiction
Topics
Irè,ne Joliot-Curie (1897-1956). Lise Meitner (1878-1968). Women scientists. Radioactivity. Nuclear fission.
SRC Level
11.600000
SRC Points
13.000000
Lexile
1160L
JLG Span
Fall
Language
English
Rights type
Publication date
2016-01-04
JLG Release Date
Feb 2016
Minimum grade
9
Maximum grade
12
Reading level
High
Format
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Nonfiction High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
Nonfiction High Plus
Nonfiction High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
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Interests
Diversity, Mature Readers, Nonfiction, Biographies, History
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