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by Benjamin A. Wilgus (Author), Molly Brooks (Illustrator)
A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017
Take to the skies with Flying Machines!
Author Biography
Benjamin A. Wilgus is a Brooklyn-based author of comics and prose. He got his start as an animation writer on Codename: Kids Next Door, and his work has since been published by Scholastic, Nickelodeon Magazine, Del Rey, Dark Horse, and Tor.com, among others. His middle grade graphic novel Science Comics: Flying Machines (with artist Molly Brooks) was named one of the National Science Teachers Association's Best STEM Books for 2018. He is also the writer of the YA graphic novel The Mars Challenge (with artist Wyeth Yates).
Molly Brooks grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, received her MFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts, and is currently based in Brooklyn. Her illustrations have appeared in The Village Voice, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Time Out New York, The Toast, BUST Magazine, Sports Illustrated online, and elsewhere.
Number of Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.4 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 23, 2017
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 2
