One Direction

Breakout Boy Band

From the Series Pop Culture Bios

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

You may know that the U.K. pop group One Direction broke records when it hit the U.S. music scene. The singers’ album Up All Night debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard charts. But did you know that:
• the stars didn’t know each other before getting their big break on The X Factor with Simon Cowell?
• the band needed 100 security guards for its first performance in Dallas, Texas?
• one of the band members has a fear of spoons?

Want to know more about the group’s singers—Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson? Read on to learn all about 1D’s amazing rise to fame!

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Copyright 2013
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2014-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 6.2
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007000, JNF007040, JNF036050
Dewey 782.42164092'2
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 900
Guided Reading Level S
ATOS Reading Level 5.0
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 153614
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Index, Reviewed, Sidebars, and Table of contents

Author: Marcia Amidon Lusted

Marcia Amidon Lusted has written 130 books and more than 500 magazine articles for young readers. She is a freelance editor and writing instructor, as well as a musician. She lives in New Hampshire.

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