Mae among the stars
(Picture Book)

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LocationCall NumberStatus
Addison Public Library - 1st Floor - Youth BooksjBIO 629.45 JEMISON M.On Shelf
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Juvenile Easy ReaderJE WOMEN AHMEDOn Shelf
Batavia Public Library District - Juvenile BiographyJB Jemison, MaeChecked out
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Kids Picture BooksY+ AHMEDOn Shelf
Bensenville SD#2 - Johnson School - Picture BooksE AHMEDOn Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African American girls -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Astronauts -- Juvenile fiction.
Biographies.
Fiction.
Jemison, Mae, 1956- -- Juvenile fiction.
Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.

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Format
Picture Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD
Lexile measure
580
Notes
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When young Mae Jemison is asked by her teacher what she wants to be when she grows up, African American Mae tells her mostly white classmates that she wants to be an astronaut, a dream that her parents wholeheartedly support.
Target Audience
AD580L Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 70 (high) Semantic demand: 69 (high) Syntactic demand: 78 (high) Structure demand: 81 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3 0.5 193638.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Ahmed, R., & Burrington, S. (2018). Mae among the stars. (First edition). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Ahmed, Roda, 1981- and Stasia, Burrington. 2018. Mae Among the Stars. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Ahmed, Roda, 1981- and Stasia, Burrington. Mae Among the Stars. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Ahmed, R. and Burrington, S. (2018). Mae among the stars. First edn New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Ahmed, Roda, and Stasia Burrington. Mae Among the Stars. First edition, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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