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Electrical Wizard : How Nikola Tesla Lit up the World
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Electrical Wizard : How Nikola Tesla Lit up the World Hardcover - 2013

by Rusch, Elizabeth

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Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, and even the radio all resulted from Nikola Tesla's inventions. Established biographer Rusch sheds light on this extraordinary figure, while artist Dominguez brings his life and inventions to vivid color.

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Candlewick Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Used - Good
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Details

  • Title Electrical Wizard : How Nikola Tesla Lit up the World
  • Author Rusch, Elizabeth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 8.11.2013
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press
  • Date 2013-09-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 7743339-6
  • ISBN 9780763658557 / 0763658553
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.6 x 9.9 x 0.5 in (29.46 x 25.15 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Reading level 840
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
  • Library of Congress subjects Inventors, Inventors - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012954334
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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From the publisher

Elizabeth Rusch is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for children, including the picture book biography For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Oliver Dominguez works as a freelance editorial illustrator and is the illustrator of Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball by David A. Kelly. He lives in Fort Myers, Florida.

Media reviews

Rusch combines noteworthy vocabulary with engaging writing to produce a comprehensive yet compelling biography students will enjoy.
—Library Media Connection

Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2013, Page 65
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2013, Page 178
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2014, Page 118
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2014, Page 185
  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/2013, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2013, Page 178
  • Shelf Awareness, 12/03/2013, Page 0

About the author

Elizabeth Rusch is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for children, including the picture book biography For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Oliver Dominguez works as a freelance editorial illustrator and is the illustrator of Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball by David A. Kelly. Electrical Wizard is his first picture book. He lives in Fort Myers, Florida.