The Fantastic Ferris Wheel: The Story of Inventor George Ferris
by Betsy Harvey Kraft and Steven Salerno
The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects,... read more
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- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2015
Word Count 2,486
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 184253, 0.5 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States
- Structural engineering--United States--Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Ferris wheels--History--Juvenile literature
- Ferris, George Washington Gale, 1859-1896--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Ferris wheels
- History
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Ferris, George Washington Gale
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century
- Inventors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Structural engineers
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2025
Commended, 2016

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Selection, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2025
Biography Selection, 2016
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