Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril
by Timothy Ferris
Nonfiction · 2002
Why we'd hand it over
Ferris's prose is genuinely lyrical, but the book is written for adult readers and assumes college-level science literacy; use only with advanced 13+ readers or as a read-aloud scaffold.