Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nonfiction · 1090L (~7th–8th grade) · 222 pages · 2017
Why we'd hand it over
Accessible and witty, but written for adults — a 12-year-old who loves space can read it with parent scaffolding; a 14-year-old independent reader will find it genuinely illuminating.