Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
by Katherine Johnson
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- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2019
Word Count 44,090
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1040L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 504200, 8 AR Points
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- History
- Math
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- African American women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Juvenile literature
- Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
- Johnson, Katherine G
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Johnson, Katherine G.--Juvenile literature
- African American women
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Officials and employees
- Women mathematicians
- African American women mathematicians
- Women mathematicians--Biography--Juvenile literature
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