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1) Frankenstein
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankenstein discovers how to give life to inanimate matter, and from dead flesh constructs a living being. His Monster possesses superhuman speed and strength, and learns human emotion by studying. But as his mind and thoughts develp, his loneliness and misery build. When the scientist refuses to create a companion for him, the Monster kills Frankenstein's wife and flees to the North Pole. Frankenstein follows, desperate to destroy his rampaging...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible. His inability to reverse the process leads to a radical disconnection from society - and eventually from his own sanity. Arriving in a town where no one knows him, disguised in bandages and dark glasses, the invisible man is driven to violent and criminal extremes before his secret is revealed. This prescient parable of the...
Author
Series
Goosebumps Slappyworld volume 17
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Space-obsessed Murphy Shannon is pumped that his 6th grade class is visiting the Rayburne Observatory. Except, being a know-it-all means he's totally bored with the lectures he has to sit through. So when classmates Orly and Cleo say they should explore on their own, Murphy sneaks out with them. But when they come face-to-face with the strange Dr. Rayburne and his experiments, they realize they may be in way over their heads"--
Author
Series
Fourteenth Goldfish volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Ellie's Grandpa Melvin, a world-renowned scientist in the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, comes for an extended visit, he teaches her that experimenting--and failing--is part of life.--
9) Dragonfell
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rafi Bywater is unlike anyone else. The people in his village don't trust him because he spends too much time in an abandoned dragon lair. When a stranger, Mister Flitch, accuses Rafi of being "dragon-touched," Rafi sets off to discover the truth about dragons -- and about himself. On his journey, Rafi befriends a brilliant scientist, Maud, who has secrets of her own. Together they search for dragons while escaping from a dangerous dragon hunter,...
Author
Series
Olga volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering a smelly creature in her garbage can that she names after herself, Olga befriends and studies the eccentric Olgamus using the scientific method, the practices of Jane Goodall, and other scientific concepts.
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
At the time of his famous kite experiment, Benjamin Franklin was unaware that his theories about electricity had already made him a celebrity all over Europe, especially in France, where fashionable circles loved to discuss scientific discovery. Admired by the French court and beloved by French citizens, Franklin effectively became America's first foreign diplomat, later helping to enlist France's military and financial support for the American Revolution....
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA."--
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a twelve-year-old girl is uprooted from her quiet, East coast life and moved to a secluded army post in the New Mexico desert where her father and other scientists are working on a top secret project.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-olds George, the very unlucky third Lord of Devonshire, and his neighbor, scientist Ada Byron, join forces against a nefarious group of criminals who steal the map to a priceless family heirloom.--Provided by Publisher.
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