Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly
by Don Brown
The incomparable Don Brown chronicles the ballooning misadventures of John Jeffries,... read more
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2018
Word Count 1,864
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 196942, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Physicians
- Meteorology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Massachusetts
- Balloonists--Massachusetts--Boston--History.\--Juvenile literature
- Balloonists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Aviation
- Boston
- Ballooning--History--Juvenile literature
- Physicians--Massachusetts--Boston--History--Juvenile literature
- History
- Jeffries, John
- Research
- Ballooning
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Jeffries, John, 1745-1819--Juvenile literature
- Meteorology--Research--History--Juvenile literature
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2024
Commended, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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