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Rocks and Minerals (Scholastic Discover More)

Written by Dan Green
A fun, informative book with colorful pictures and interesting facts about rocks and minerals...
5th - 9th
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The Diary of a Young Girl

Written by Anne Frank
Anne Frank wrote this diary while her family was in hiding in an attic during the Nazi occupation of...
5th - 8th
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Lincoln: A Photobiography

Written by Russell Freedman
A biography of Abraham Lincoln told in illustrations and photographs. The book spans Lincoln’s life...
5th - 8th
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Coding, Bugs, and Fixes: Kids Get Coding

Written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale
This book from the Kids Get Coding series shows kids how to get started and learn from mistakes...
3rd - 9th
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Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World

Written by Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani's graphically animated book shows what a huge role computer...
3rd - 12th
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Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Germs

Written by Trudee Romanek and Illustrated by Rose Cowles
In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs...
4th - 9th
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Killing Germs, Saving Lives (National Geographic)

Written and Illustrated by Glen Phelan
Killing Germs, Saving Lives traces the path to the creation of the vaccines that revolutionized...
5th - 12th
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16034

365 Days of Walking the Red Road The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day

Written by Terri Jean
365 Days of Walking the Red Road captures the priceless ancient knowledge Native American elders...
7th - 12th
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Rad American Women A-Z Rebels Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Written by Kate Schatz and Illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl
Readers will enjoy colorful and hip potraitures of 26 American women from the 18th through 21st...
3rd - 11th
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16118

Unlikely Warrior A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army

Written by Georg Rauch
As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the...
7th - 12th
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Written by Karen Blumenthal
In Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal...
7th - 12th
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In the Shadow of Liberty The Hidden History of Slavery Four Presidents and Five Black Lives

Written by Davis and Kenneth C
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were...
6th - 12th
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16304

Last Days of Jesus His Life and Times (Revised)

Written by O'Reilly and Bill and Illustrated by Low
Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained followers. His...
4th - 9th
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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women

Written by Cornelia Meigs
Before Louisa May Alcott wrote her iconic and beloved novel, Little Women, she had her own...
6th - 8th
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16508

Now or Never!—54th Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery

Written by Ray Anthony Shepard
Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history...
5th - 12th
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Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson’s Flight from Slavery

Written by Winifred Conkling
In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people...
7th - 10th
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Written by Steve Sheinkin
An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve...
3rd - 9th
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This Land is Our Land: A History of American Immigration

Written by Linda Barrett Osborne
American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven...
7th - 12th
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Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961

Written by Larry Dane Brimner
Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961
5th - 12th
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16538

Guinness World Records: Fearless Feats

Written by Laurie Calkhoven and Ryan Herndon
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: FEARLESS FEATS presents the world's most awesome human records. You'll meet...
4th - 9th
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Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors

Written by Tom Tucker and Illustrated by Richard Loehle
Every year thousands of patents are filed in the United States, some of them by kids. Learn all...
6th - 8th
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16632

Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium

Written by Carla Killough McClafferty
Marie Curie's worked on radioactivity changed science forever. Explore the life of one of the most...
5th - 9th
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16625

Space Exploration: Science, Technology, Engineering

Written by Will Mara
Find out all about the history of space exploration and the unique skills you need to begin your own...
5th - 8th
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Creating Currents Of Electricity And Hope

Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer and Illustrated by William Kamkwamba

Growing up in Malawi, William lived in a world where science was magic and drought and hunger were...

6th - 12th

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