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Author
Publisher
Milbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the Panamanian golden frog, the national symbol of Panama, which has been vanishing due to a fungus infection, and follows a team of scientists working to save these frogs and protect frog populations worldwide.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Veteran children's author McClafferty takes a look at the life of George Washington by chronicling the fascinating process of creating life-sized statues of Washington using the latest modeling techniques.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Discusses the processes used by scientists to discern the identity of the Kennewick Man and what this nine thousand-year-old skeleton revealed about the arrival of humans in North America.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about the lack of sanitation, personal hygiene, dental care, antibiotics, and insecticides in eighteenth-century America and the unfortunate results such a lack had on everday living conditions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Sally M. Walker brings colonial American history to life through the discovery of an important homestead in seventeenth-century Maryland. She follows the painstaking work of scientists and historians to coax fascinating stories out of the long-crumbled walls.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A team of scientists explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where millions of pieces of plastic have gathered, having drifted there from rivers, beaches, and ocean traffic all over the world.