Starred Review The Electric Guitar

A Graphic History

From the Series Amazing Inventions

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

For decades, the blasts and howls of the electric guitar have been some of the defining sounds of popular music. But more than a century of effort and innovation had to happen before this instrument went electric. Learn about the master craftspeople who created the guitar as we know it, the inventors who figured out how to send guitar notes through amplifiers and give the guitar a bigger sound, and the musicians whose legendary playing put it at the center of rock ‘n’ roll.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Graphic Novels, Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, STEM, STEM: Engineering
Copyright 2021
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Graphic Universe ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2021-08-03
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF062020, JNF061010, JNF036090
Dewey 787.87/192
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 860
Guided Reading Level W
ATOS Reading Level 5.3
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Original artwork, Reviewed, Source notes, Starred Reviews, and Table of contents

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“The graphic novel format and choice of high interest topics will keep these books in constant circulation.”—School Library Journal

Starred Review Booklist

“A fascinating look at the relationship between technology and music.”—starred, Booklist