Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.6
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3900
Points per Word
0.000256
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Description
This book explores the work of African American women mathematicians and engineers at NASA, and the role they played in performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space safely. The coauthor is Rebecca Rowell.