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Different kinds of plants form different amounts of seeds. Some plants form only a few seeds while others form many seeds. Accessible text and vivid photographs introduce readers to seeds describing how they spread and their different uses.

2) How to save a life: the inside story of Grey's anatomy

Author

Rice, Lynette

Pub. Date

2021.

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"The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy. More than 15 years after its premiere, Grey's Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC's most important property. It continues to win its time slot and has ranked in the Top 20 most watched shows in primetime for most of its 17-season run. It currently averages more than 9 million viewers each week. More than that, it's been a cultural...

3) The strange & beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender

Author

Walton, Leslye

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 12

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Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.

4) Woman: An Intimate Geography

Author

Angier, Natalie

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

1999

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National Book Award Finalist: This look at the science of the female body is “a tour de force . . . wonderful, entertaining and informative” (TheNew York Times Book Review).
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who covers science for the New York Times, Woman is an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With her characteristic...

5) Nightbird

Author

Hoffman, Alice

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6

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Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.

6) Immune: a journey into the mysterious system that keeps you alive

Author

Dettmer, Philipp

Pub. Date

2021.

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"Although everyone who has ever had a cold is familiar with the human immune system and its importance, few understand just how complex and intricate the immune system is. In Immune, Internet creator and storyteller Philipp Dettmer takes readers on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. There is a constant battle raging just under our skin, full of stories of invasion, strategy, defeat, and noble self-sacrifice. In fact,...

7) Your Respiratory System Works!

Author

Brett, Flora

Series

Your Body Systems

Publisher

Capstone

Pub. Date

2015

Description

The respiratory system is the breathing control center of the body. With engaging text, fun facts, and infographics, learn how oxygen goes from your lungs to your cells.

8) Inside the Human Body

Author

Mooney, Carla

Series

Inquire and Investigate

Publisher

Nomad Press

Pub. Date

2020

Formats

Description

A fun and informative introduction to the bodily systems that keep us alive! Hands-on science experiments and STEM research projects help readers ages 12 to 15 discover an amazing world—their own bodies!

What is the most complex machine on earth? The human body!

In Inside the Human Body, readers ages 12 to 15 peel back the layers to take a look inside this amazing machine and learn the basic anatomy of the human

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9) Psychology: Why We Smile, Strive, and Sing

Author

Rubini, Julie

Series

Inquire and Investigate

Publisher

Nomad Press

Pub. Date

2020

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Description

A fascinating exploration of why we do the things we do, according to science! Dive into the psychology of the human brain with STEM activities and research projects that get readers excited about learning their own minds.

Psychology: Why We Smile, Strive, and Sing introduces students to the science behind behavior. From the developing teenage brain to genetics, psychology, and social environments, readers ages 12 to 15

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10) Lighting Up the Brain: The Science of Optogenetics

Author

Zimmer, Marc

Publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2018

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Description

What if neuroscientists could look inside the human brain and watch individual brain cells send signals to one another? What if they could then control these brain cells to direct thoughts and actions? This may sound like science fiction, but it's actually a scientific revolution called optogenetics. Neuroscientists would like to use this new technology on human brains to uncover secrets about how the brain processes information and drives human behavior....

11) Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science

Author

Fleischman, John

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2

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Through the case history of Phineas Gage, a 19th century Vermonter who had an iron bar driven through his brain and lived, the book examines what is known of brain function.

12) Battling Malaria: On the Front Lines against a Global Killer

Author

Goldsmith, Connie

Publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2010

Description

In North America, mosquito bites are usually only a nuisance. But in areas such as Africa and Southeast Asia, the bite can be deadly. There, many mosquitoes transmit a disease called malaria-and malaria can be a killer. In Africa, one child dies from malaria every thirty seconds. Worldwide, more than one million people die from malaria each year. What can be done to stop this global killer? This book examines how public health organizations work to...

13) The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece

Author

Montillo, Roseanne

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2013

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The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.

Montillo recounts how—at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution—Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with

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14) Bone and Muscle: Structure, Force, and Motion

Author

Rogers, Kara

Series

The Human Body

Publisher

Britannica Educational Publishing

Pub. Date

2010

Description

Exceptional Science Titles for Upper Grades

The seeming simplicity of day-to-day movement can belie the complexity of the structures that facilitate motion. More than just a framework around which the body develops, the human skeleton has evolved over time to allow humans to walk and stand upright. Muscles likewise perform a range of functions, without which the body could not manage. This comprehensive book details the anatomy and mechanisms that allow bones and muscles to operate naturally...

15) Forensic Identification: Putting a Name and Face on Death

Author

Murray, Elizabeth A

Series

Publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2012

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 3

Description

About 4,000 unidentified deceased persons are discovered in the United States every year. But forensic experts are successful in identifying about 3,000 of those bodies within a year. In Forensic Identification: Putting a Name and Face on Death, forensic anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray takes readers into the morgues and forensic labs where experts use advanced technology to determine the identities of dead bodies whose names are not known because...

16) Understanding Our Muscles

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone

Pub. Date

2017

Description

Without muscles we would not be able to move. Muscles keep our digestive system working too, and our heart is a large muscle that works all the time. This book looks at how muscles, tendons and nerves all work together to help us move every part of our body.

17) Understanding Our Head

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone

Pub. Date

2017

Description

How do our eyes and ears work? What do our noses do? This book explores the anatomy of the human head. From hair and skin down to muscle and bone, find out how each part works, and how it is all controlled by our amazing brain.

18) Understanding Our Organs

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone

Pub. Date

2017

Description

Heart, lungs, kidneys, stomach—all these organs keep our bodies working, but what really goes on inside them? This book explores beneath the surface to find out how our organs work.

19) Understanding Our Skeleton

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone

Pub. Date

2017

Description

Bones are the framework of our bodies, but they are much more than that. This book looks at the functions of bones: what they are made of, how they connect to muscles, and how joints work.

20) A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut

Author

D'yans, Masha

Publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date

2020

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

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