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Author
Series
Olympians volume 8
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Mighty Apollo is known by all as the god of the sun, but there's more to this Olympian than a bright smile and a shining chariot"--
Author
Series
Daughter of Sparta volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 17
Description
Guided by the handsome Apollo, Daphne journeys across ancient Greece to recover nine mysterious items stolen from Mount Olympus before the gods lose their powers and throw the mortal world into chaos in this reinterpretation of the Greek myth.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts. Go from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program - putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind
66) Full cicada moon
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.
67) Apollo 11
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
From director Todd Douglas Miller comes a cinematic event 50 years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncataloged audio recordings, the film takes viewers straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission, the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took one giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to set foot on the moon. Now readers can step back in time to learn about what led up to the Apollo 11 moon landing, how the historic event unfolded, and the ways in which one remarkable day changed America forever"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
High up in the sky, the Moon has spent her whole life watching the happenings of Earth below, from dinosaurs roaming to planes taking flight, hoping for a visitor, until one day in 1969 when a spaceship soars from Earth. Includes Earth timeline and a history of space exploration.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Expands on the myth of Phaeton, a young man who undertakes a long and dangerous journey to the gates of dawn to confront the mighty god of the sun, Apollo, and is granted one wish--to drive the chariot of the sun for a day.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Provides information about the disaster that struck on April 13, 1970 when the Apollo 13 spacecraft, on its way to the moon with three astronauts, was damaged; and shares the story of how NASA ground crew members and civilian advisors worked with the astronauts to bring them safely home.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than a month away. All three astronauts were experienced pilots and had dreams of one day walking on the moon. But little did they know, nor did anyone else, that once they entered the spacecraft that...
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of the Apollo 13 spaceflight that turned out to be a terrifying journey when a explosion on board knocked out most of the power. The excitment and danger of the near-fatal journey with James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise is captured by the author as he describes the flight.