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Stopping Bullets with a Thread: Stephanie Kwolek and Her Incredible Invention

32 pp. | Enslow/Elementary | March, 2008 | Library ISBN 978-0-7660-2850-0 $22.60
(4) K-3 Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies series. These books present the lives of three very different inventors. Each was brilliant, determined, and, despite adversity, successful. Though the writing tends to oversimplify issues and concepts, the stories are inspiring. The many photographs and occasional diagrams add interest. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies titles: Ferris Wheel!, Electric Guitar Man, and Stopping Bullets with a Thread.
Reviewer: Barbara Barstow

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