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(0)Katy Wu
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"A collection of biographies of twenty groundbreaking women scientists who were curious kids and grew up to make incredible discoveries."--
5) Imaginary
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Zach knows he is too old to have an imaginary playmate, but between grieving for the loss of his father and coping with bullying at school the only place he seems to find joy is in his fantasy world with his best friend Shovel.
