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A black hole is not a hole / Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano ; Illustrated by Michael Carroll.

Summary:

An examination of black holes that discusses what they are, what causes them, how they are discovered, and more.
Introduces black holes, describing their physical features, how they were discovered, what causes them, and where they exist in space.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1570917833
  • ISBN: 1570917833
  • ISBN: 1570917841
  • ISBN: 9781570917837
  • ISBN: 9781570917844
  • Physical Description: v, 74 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, Mass. : Charlesbridge, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Places with pull -- The pulling power of a black hole -- Black-hole beginnings -- The blackness of black holes -- Mission impossible? seeking the invisible -- Supersized surprises -- Close encounters of the imaginary kind -- Turning the universe upside-down.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School.
900 Lexile.
900L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 6.1.
Reading Counts! 6.2.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.1 2 149334.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Subject: Black holes (Astronomy) > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Yound adult literature.

Available copies

  • 46 of 53 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library JUV 523.8 DEC (Text) 37810435050504 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -