Albert Einstein Was a Dope? (Wait! What?)

by Dan Gutman (Author) Allison Steinfeld (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Wait! What?

Albert Einstein was a high school dropout!

When he finally made it to college, he failed physics!

And when he died, his doctor saved his brain and eyeballs! Wait! What?

Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most bizarre and unusual facts about the world-famous scientist, from his childhood and school days through his brilliant discoveries and his contribution to the development of the atomic bomb.

Narrated by the two spirited siblings and animated by Allison Steinfeld's upbeat illustrations, Wait! What? Albert Einstein Was a Dope? is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman's signature zany sense of humor.

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"Combining Gutman’s ongoing interest in biography with his talent for humor, this engaging new series for young readers is a winner."

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Combining Gutman's ongoing interest in biography with his talent for humor, this engaging new series for young readers is a winner.— "Booklist (starred review)"
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781324015581
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Publication date
May 04, 2021
Series
Wait! What?
BISAC categories
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF007090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
JNF028000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor | General
JNF051140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Physics
Library of Congress categories
Physicists
Einstein, Albert

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