Gasoline
From the Series 21st Century Skills Library
Did you know that gasoline is made from petroleum that is extracted from deep inside Earth? And that the government of Saudi Arabia owns the world's largest petroleum corporation? Read this book to find out more about how petroleum is turned into gasoline and how that gasoline ends up in the tank of cars around the world.
- The Gasoline Age
- Drilling for Petroleum
- Pipelines and Supertankers
- The Refinery
- Fill ‘er Up
- Map
- Glossary
- For More Information
- Index
- About the Author
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
|---|---|
| Reading Level | Grade 6 |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| BISACS | JNF010000, JNF051120 |
| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
| Series | Racial Justice in America: Excellence and Achievement: 21st Century Skills Library |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 9781602791213 |
|---|---|
| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Author | Kevin Cunningham |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Sources for further research, Table of contents |
| Dewey | 665.5'3827 |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 6.0 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 120813 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
Author: Kevin Cunningham
Kevin Cunningham is the author of several books, including biographies of Joseph Stalin and J. Edgar Hoover and a series on diseases in human history. He lives in Chicago.