Description |
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
Series |
Ultimate adventurers.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index. |
Summary |
Tells the stories of adventurers who have defied gravity and soared above the Earth, from pioneer aviators and astronauts to the free-falling fearlessness of Felix Baumgartner. |
Contents |
Chuck Yeager, faster than sound -- Rutan and Yeager, never touch down -- Piccard and Jones, around the world -- Melvill and Binnie, shot into space -- Team Discovery, overcoming disaster -- Yves Rossy, rocket-powered jetman -- Felix Baumgartner, leap into space. |
Audience |
1060L Lexile |
Note |
1060L Lexile |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 1 163268 |
Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 1 163268 |
Subject |
Air pilots -- Juvenile literature.
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Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile literature.
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Voyages around the world -- Juvenile literature.
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Genre |
Juvenile works.
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ISBN |
9781410954176 (hb) |
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141095417X (hb) |
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9781410962973 (pb) |
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1410962970 (pb) |
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