The Story of the Hoover Dam: A History Perspectives Book
From the Series Perspectives Library
This book relays the factual details of the story of the Hoover Dam, which was built in the 1930s. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a Colorado River explorer, a dam worker, and a dam worker's daughter. The text offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in the text while gathering and analyzing information about a historical event.
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| BISACS | JNF025210, JNF051100, JNF051120 |
| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
| Series | Perspectives Library |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Lexile | 850 |
| ISBN | 9781624316685 |
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| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Author | Kelly Milner Halls |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Table of contents |
| Dewey | 627/.820979313 |
| Graphics | Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
| Guided Reading Level | T |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.2 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 166439 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
Author: Kelly Milner Halls
Kelly Milner Halls is the author of 25 books including innovative nonfiction about dinosaurs, mummies, albino animals, horses, dogs, zoos, and cryptozoology. She lives in Spokane, Washington.