Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
by Sy Montgomery
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- 3-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Disability
Year Published 2012
Word Count 23,907
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 149986, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Animal welfare
- Animal scientists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Livestock
- Animal specialists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Animal welfare--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Agriculture
- Grandin, Temple
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Grandin, Temple--Juvenile literature
- Handling
- Women animal specialists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women animal specialists
- Livestock--Housing--United States--Juvenile literature
- Housing
- Autistic people--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Biography
- Livestock--Handling--United States--Juvenile literature
- Animal specialists
- United States
- Autistic people
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Animal scientists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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Selection, 2013
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Commended, 2013
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2012
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