Impact: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World
by Elizabeth Rusch and Karin Anderson • Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
“About once a year, a car-size asteroid strikes the Earth … roughly every... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 14,428
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1070L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 192109, 2 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- Collisions with Earth
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
- Meteorites--Juvenile literature
- Meteorites
- Asteroids--Juvenile literature
- Extinction (Biology)
- Asteroids--Collisions with Earth--Juvenile literature
- Extinction (Biology)--Juvenile literature
- Asteroids
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Awards & Distinctions 5
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2017
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