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Science writer Steve Koppes is the author of Killer Rocks from Outer Space: Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites. This book describes the role that collisions with meteorites, comets and asteroids have played in the history of Earth and other planets in the solar system, and examines what is being done to protect Earth from future collisions. It was published in 2004 by Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, Minn. The book can be purchased via Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

ISBN: 0-8225-2861-4
Reading level: Grade 6
Interest level: Grades 5-12
Publisher's list price: 27.93


Recognition for Killer Rocks:


A Best Book for Children, Science Books & Films, 2004.

Outstanding Science Trade Book, National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council, 2004.

Honor Book, Science, Grades 7-12, Society of School Librarians International, 2004.

Nonfiction Honor List, Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 


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