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The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History

Ben ThompsonSeries: Epic Fails
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Pages
128
Year
2018
Language
English
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press

About

A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success.

Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering- they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight-their success was hard-earned. (Spoiler alert: there were a lot of nosedives involved.) In fact, it took the self-taught engineer’s years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single twelve-second flight!

Related Subjects

  • Aviation
  • Transportation
  • Young Adult Nonfiction
  • Science & Technology
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • 20th Century
  • United States
  • History

Extended Details

  • ATOSGrade Level 7.4
  • Interest LevelsMG
  • Lexile1190L
  • SeriesEpic Fails #1

Reviews

"[A] tribute to the spirit of invention."
Booklist
"A fact-filled title sure to boost the confidence of aspiring inventors. . . VERDICT An informative and humorous addition to middle school STEM biography collections."
School Library Journal
"Information-book fans and skeptics alike will want to get in on the ground floor of this promising new series."
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB)

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Ben ThompsonAuthor
Erik SladerAuthor

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