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Jerry changed the game! : how engineer Jerry Lawson revolutionized video games forever
Author: Tate, Don

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2023)

Dewey: 794.8092
Classification: Biography
Physical Description: [38] p., col. ill., col. map, 24 x 30 cm

BTSB No: 872686

ISBN: 9781665919081

Ages: 4-8

Grades: K-3

Subjects:
Lawson, Jerry, -- 1940-2011
Video games -- History
Video game designers -- United States -- Biography
Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography
African American engineers -- Biography

Price: $24.48

Summary:
Explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry by building a brand new kind of video game console--one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges instead of buying new consoles for each individual video game. He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American owned video game company in the country.

Illustrator:

Harris, Cherise

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 5.30
   Points: .5   Quiz: 522610

Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (07/01/23)
Booklist (06/15/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/23)

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