Caroline's Comets: A True Story
Caroline's Comets: A True Story
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Caroline's Comets: A True Story

Written by Emily Arnold Mccully
Hardcover
$16.95
$15.97
6 - 9
Reading age
40
Page count
31
Words per page
~731L
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Jan 1, 2017
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“Caroline Herschel was the first woman to discover a comet and the first woman to be paid as a scientist.”–

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female scientists  scientistsgirls and womenscience and technologyaeronautics, astronautics and space sciencetechnologyastronomycomets, asteroids and meteorssciencediscoveries

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780823436644
    Publication Date
    January 1, 2017
    Publisher
    Holiday House
    Page Count
    40
    Words Per Page
    31
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    6 - 9 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~731L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    187655
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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