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Rajani LaRocca
Twelve-year-old Trish is skilled at solving difficult math problems and pitching a fastball. After her mother’s new job moves them to a new town, Trish faces a summer of trying to make friends again while her mother is busy. At baseball practice, she discovers that Ben, the sixth-grade math prodigy she defeated in the spring Math Puzzler Championships, is now her teammate.
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It’s a Numbers Game! BaseballJames Buckley JrThis book examines the numbers calculated throughout a baseball game. It connects hits, balls, strikes, and home runs to mathematical ideas on the field. It also looks at the many statistics used to assess an individual player’s performance and at the precise timing involved when a player tries to steal a base. Baseball actions and records provide the focus for its exploration of math.Grades 6–8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
AfterMathEmily Barth IslerLucy is twelve and mourning Theo, her younger brother, who died from a congenital heart condition. Her family relocates to a Virginia community marked by an elementary-school shooting four years earlier. Because she did not experience that event, Lucy finds it hard to discuss her own grief. A developing friendship with an isolated peer, together with mathematics, helps her navigate loss and recovery.Grades 6–8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In the RedChristopher SwiedlerLilith and Michael Prasad are friends who live in a settlement on Mars; any excursion beyond it requires dependable equipment and training. A solar flare damages their colony, separating the teenagers from safety on the Martian surface. With limited supplies, they must use scientific problem-solving, mutual trust, and Michael's efforts to manage panic attacks to survive together on Mars.Grades 6–8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details