The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Young Readers Edition)
by Sam Kean • Related Edition: Original
Explore the wacky, weird, and wonderful true stories behind one of the greatest scientific... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 42,516
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1210L
- ATOS Reading Level: 9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 197245, 8 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Chemistry
- Chemical elements--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature
- Periodic table of the elements
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Science
- Science--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature
- Periodic table of the elements--Juvenile literature
- Chemical elements
- Trivia and miscellanea
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- Nuclear/Atomic Science
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