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Bobbie Pyron
Nate Harlow, who lives with his grandfather in a Florida trailer park, thinks he has always been unlucky. After he survives a lightning strike on his eleventh birthday, he believes his luck may have shifted. His best friend Genesis Beam, known as Gen, trusts science and logic rather than luck. The incident also changes Nate’s friendships in Paradise Beach, a fishing town.
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StayBobbie PyronPiper's family is living in a shelter while her parents seek a stable home. At a nearby park, Piper meets a community of unhoused people and their pets, including a dog named Baby and Baby's owner, Jewel. When Jewel disappears, Piper and her friends in the Firefly Girls troop work with others in the community to find Jewel and reunite her with Baby.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 640LATOS Book Level 4.09On one of the same reading listsView book details
Trash Talk!: Moving toward a Zero-‐Waste WorldMichelle MulderTrash Talk! traces garbage from early Minoan refuse pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It notes that people have always created waste, from chewed bones to broken cell phones, and examines the pressure of overflowing landfills. The book explores approaches used around the world to handle discarded materials, including treating items once thrown away as potentially useful resources. It also considers how communities can clean up towns and the planet.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of FranceMara RockliffIn Paris, Dr. Mesmer claims that a mysterious force can cure illness and cause people to swoon, twitch, and tremble. Ben Franklin, already known for work on electricity, investigates Mesmer’s claims through observation, hypotheses, and testing. His inquiry shows that mesmerism depends on suggestion rather than the force Mesmer describes. The book also includes an author’s note about Franklin and Mesmer in Paris.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details