| Description |
40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Educational level group: edu Kindergartners |
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Educational level group: edu First grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Second grade students |
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Educational level group: edu Third grade students |
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Educational level group: edu School children |
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Age group: age Children |
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Rusch: National/regional group: nat Oregonians |
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MartÃnez: National/regional group: nat Mexicans |
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Gender group: gdr Women |
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age Children |
| Summary |
How did a boy from Mexico City become a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who saved our planet? Eight-year-old Mario wanted to learn all he could about chemistry. he examined everything - from rotten lettuce to toothpaste - under a microscope. As an adult, Mario continued studying chemistry - and discovered something scary. CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were destroying the earth's protective ozone layer. Withough ozone, deadly solar radiation would bombard our planet. Mario had to warn the world - and quickly. This is the true story of Mario Molina, the Mexican American chemist who brought the world back from the brink of environmental catastrophe. His inspiring story offers hope in the face of today's battle against global warming. -- From dust jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 40). |
| Audience |
730L Lexile |
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Sentence length: 2 (easy) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated reader LG 5.4 0.5. |
| Awards |
Golden Kite Award, 2020. |
| Subject |
Molina, Mario J. -- Juvenile literature.
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Molina, Mario J. |
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Chemists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Chemists -- Biography. |
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Nobel Prize winners -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Nobel Prize winners. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Ozone layer depletion -- Juvenile literature.
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Ozone layer depletion. |
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Atmospheric ozone -- Juvenile literature.
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Atmospheric ozone. |
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Air -- Pollution -- Juvenile literature.
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Air -- Pollution. |
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Chemists. |
| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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Informational works.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
MartÃnez, Teresa, 1980- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781580895811 (reinforced for library use) |
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1580895816 (reinforced for library use) |
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9781632898579 (ebook) |
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9781632898586 (ebook pdf) |
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