Don Nardo
21) Poof! a bot!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
22) Cloning
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
This book is an introduction to cloning, examining the debate over cloning and discussing the potential future uses and effects based on ongoing research.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"When thirteen-year-olds T.E. and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"--
24) Rats
Author
Pub. Date
c 1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Wild Kratts: Australian Adventures Go "Down Under" with the Wild Kratts where the team has to do some crafty adapting to survive the harsh conditions of this wild environment. And Martin and Chris cross the desert on a mission to see Red Kangaroos. They soon discover that 'roos never back down from a kick-boxing fight! With wild creatures and fun characters, the Wild Kratts make learning about nature an educational adventure! Episodes include... Koala...
Author
Series
Tanya series volume 3
Pub. Date
[1994]
Formats
Description
When Tanya, the smallest and wiggliest girl in her ballet class, makes friends with a talented newcomer, they both learn something.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"The Romans were the greatest builders of the ancient world, and among their most impressive achievements were their vast systems of roads and aqueducts. The roads, which featured inns and other amenities at intervals, carried soldiers, messengers, traders, and religious pilgrims far and wide. Meanwhile, the aqueducts brought life-giving water to cities and towns, making Rome's mighty urban civilization possible"--From the publisher's web site.
32) France
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, sports, arts, religions, culture, and people of France.
37) Dog brain
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy figures his dog Sneakers must be really smart to act so dumb.
39) Loch: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.
40) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This is a biography of the forty-fourth president of the United Sates, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.