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Dangerous
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781599901688
Pages
408 pages
Genre
science fiction
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When aspiring astronaut Maisie Danger Brown, who was born without a right hand, and the other space camp students get the opportunity to do something amazing in space, Maisie must prove how dangerous she can be and how far she is willing to go to protect everything she has ever loved.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL680L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Biracial; Physical disability; biracial teenager; congenital limb difference; missing hand
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx (Paraguayan) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2015 Science Fiction (12 - 14)
Building STEAM with Dia, 2015 Grades 6-8
Building STEAM with Dia, 2017 Grades 6-8
Young Adults' Choices, 2015
Keywords
space; superheroes; aliens; space camp; adventure; astronauts; contest; extraterrestrial
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Hale, Shannon, "Dangerous" (2014). Diverse Families. 1745.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1745