The world's fastest machines
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
E/629.046/ABOFF,M

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction E/629.046/ABOFF,M Due: 4/20/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, [2011]
©2011
DESCRIPTION

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781410938510 (hc), 1410938514 (hc), 9781410938855 (pb), 1410938859 (pb), 9781406216875 (hbk.), 1406216879 (hbk.), 9781410938510
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The world's fastest machines -- Formula 1 race car -- NASCAR cars -- SSC Ultimate Aero -- SR71 Blackbird -- Space shuttle -- TGV train -- Maglev train -- Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle -- Earthrace boat -- Kawasaki jet ski -- Kingda Ka roller coaster

From race cars to military aircraft, this book gives facts and figures on the fastest vehicles in the world, and shows how these extreme machines help us do jobs that ordinary slower and less powerful vehicles can't do

Lexile: 760

NC 760

NC640L

Decoding demand: 75 (high) Semantic demand: 92 (very high) Syntactic demand: 83 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high)