Impact! : asteroids and the science of saving the world [Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)]by Rusch, Elizabeth 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017)

BTSB #: 771831 Available

Dewey: 551.3/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.2 MG RC: 9.6 6-8 Lexile: 1070

Genres:

Subjects: Asteroids - Collisions with Earth Asteroids Asteroids Extinction (Biology)

Summary: Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future.

Investigating asteroids [Space-ology]by Lawrence, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Bearport, 2019)

BTSB #: 550794 Available

Dewey: 523.44/NAges: 6-9   
AR: 4.6 LG Lexile: 800

Genres:

Subjects: Asteroids Space flight to asteroids Space mining Eros (Asteroid)

Summary: What are asteroids and could one of these giant space rocks ever hit Earth? Who are the scientists who track asteroids around our solar system? Discover the answers to these questions and more.