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Author
Publisher
Rosen YA
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years, the general consensus among learned people was that Earth was the center of the universe. This belief system remained unchallenged until a quiet, unassuming man wondered if his predecessors had gotten it wrong. The father of modern astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus was a doctor, church canon, and protector of lands. In his free time, he studied the night sky, spending over thirty years observing and recording the heavens. In this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Digital media has become a ubiquitous part of modern life. People consume digital media of all kinds, content on websites, special effects of movies, and photographs, videos, and graphics shared on social media are just a few examples. As digital media continues to become dominant, skill in the field is in demand and the rate of job growth is high. A range of jobs in digital media and a description of the preparation needed for a successful career,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction manuscript for young readers about a group of Allied spies and codebreakers that cracked the Nazis's infamous cypher, allowing them to read secret military messages and turn the tide of World War II. During WWII, as the Germans waged war, every Nazi plan, every attack, was sent over radio. But to the Allies listening in, the messages sounded like gibberish. The communications were encoded with a powerful cypher-unless you could unlock...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
America has always been a nation of immigrants. In addition to the approximately 1 million immigrants who enter the United States legally each year, millions more enter without documentation or overstay their visas. It is the job of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to help hard working immigrants in search of a better life to enter the U.S. legally while keeping out terrorists and other foreign nationals who would seek to harm the nation. CBP,...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
1st edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism.
Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. She had watched as rebels gunned down her mother and six-year-old sister in a refugee camp....
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
On a global scale, humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmlesslandfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth? Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. Learn more about the work of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Ocean...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover the groundbreaking field of optogenetics, a biological technique that uses light to control cells in living tissue. Optogenetics helps researchers understand biochemical processes in live organisms and may someday be used to treat blindness, neural disorders, and other diseases."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"Artificial intelligence promises to make our lives easier and better. Learn about the accelerated pace of technology as things that were once science fiction become science fact"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles notable LGBTQ figures and highlights their contributions to society and their community, including Kristina Vasa, Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, Glenn Burke, and George Takei.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn about the planets that exist outside of our solar system, and the actions scientists are taking to learn more about them. --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The twentieth century ushered in a new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods. Even the poorest immigrant girls could afford a blouse or two. But these same immigrant teens toiled away in factories in appalling working conditions. Their hard work and sacrifice lined the pockets of greedy factory owners who were almost exclusively white men. The tragic Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911 resulted in the deaths of over a hundred young...
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Most scientists agree that Earth is warming rapidly. Glaciers are melting and rising seawaters are submerging islands and coastal cities. In the coming decades, millions will likely have to escape extreme weather caused by climate change. Some scientists say we need to act faster and with radical new technologies now to save our planet. They propose geoengineering, or "engineering Earth," to reset our global thermostat. Ideas include thickening clouds...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Presents thirty-two stories of women from Germany, Poland, Great Britain, and the United States who heroically risked their lives to defeat the Nazis during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
196 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A social media celebrity and lifestyle vlogger explains how to survive future adulthood, from how to travel alone to being in an actual relationship.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...
