Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Scholastic Inc.
Pages
32
Description
The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class learn lessons about space rocks when they board the Magic School Bus, now a space-bus, to try to head off a huge asteroid that is heading directly for Walker Elementary School.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0590921568 / 9780590921565
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Lexile
540L
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LibraryThing member katie.harrel
Genre: Science Fiction
This is a great example of a science fiction book because it contains real facts and definitions about Meteors, Comets and Planets. It is fictional in the sense that the class traveled into space to reverse the direction of a meteor, but their logic in changing the path was
Plot: This is a good struggle plot because you are waiting to see what happens next. There are twists in the story as Dorothy Ann labels the mystery rock the wrong thing and as they end up going the wrong way. In the end, there is also a surprise call from NASA.
Age Appropriate: intermediate
This is a great example of a science fiction book because it contains real facts and definitions about Meteors, Comets and Planets. It is fictional in the sense that the class traveled into space to reverse the direction of a meteor, but their logic in changing the path was
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accurate. Plot: This is a good struggle plot because you are waiting to see what happens next. There are twists in the story as Dorothy Ann labels the mystery rock the wrong thing and as they end up going the wrong way. In the end, there is also a surprise call from NASA.
Age Appropriate: intermediate
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Call number
J2S.700