To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space
by Carmella Van Vleet, Kathy Sullivan, and Nicole Wong
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- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2016
Word Count 533
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 182026, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Astronauts
- Sullivan, Kathryn D
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- Biographies
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- United States
- Women scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Women scientists
- Women astronauts
- Sullivan, Kathryn D.--Juvenile literature
- Women astronauts--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
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