Steve Jobs : the man who thought different : a biography

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Label

Steve Jobs : the man who thought different : a biography

Title remainder

the man who thought different : a biography

Statement of responsibility

by Karen Blumenthal

Creator

• Blumenthal, Karen
• trueKeene, Carolyn, (Publisher pseudonym)
• trueBlumenthal, Karen

Subject

• trueBiographies
• trueBiographies -- Science and medicine | Technology
• trueBuddhists
• Businessmen -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• trueCalifornia
• trueCollege dropouts
• trueComputer engineers -- United States -- Biography
• Computer engineers -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Computer industry -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
• trueComputer industry and trade
• trueComputers -- History
• trueDrew, Nancy (Fictitious character)
• Inventors -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• trueInvestigations
• trueJobs, Steve, 1955-2011
• Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011 -- Juvenile literature
• trueMalibu, California
• trueMissing persons
• trueMysteries
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• trueReality television programs
• trueScience -- Inventions and discoveries
• trueStalkers
• trueStalking
• trueTeenage girl detectives
• trueTeenage girls
• trueCelebrities
• trueAdopted children
• trueApple Computer, Inc. -- History
• Apple Computer, Inc. -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• trueMysteries
• Juvenile literature
• trueBiographies
• trueScience
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

• Presents the life and career of the computer industry visionary, from his early life and creation of Apple Computer at the age of twenty to his accomplishments in technology and design
• Traces the inspiring life and career of the late founder of Apple, covering topics ranging from his struggles as an adopted child and a college dropout to his Buddhist faith and friendship with Steve Wozniak, in a portrait framed around his inspirational Stanford University commencement speech

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Nonfiction, 2015.

Awards note

• YALSA Award for Excellence Finalist, 2013
• Eliot Rosewater Nominee, 2014-2015.

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Dewey number

• 338.7/61004092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1110

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

HD9696.2.U62

LC item number

J6326 2012

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1110

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 12

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile