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10 best books like Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure (Jim Murphy): Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95, The Fairy Ring, The Beetle Book, Chuck Close: Face Book, The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins, We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March, A Black Hole Is Not a Hole, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship, The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure, Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
AuthorPhillip Hoose
ISBN0374304688
B95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It’s time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into the wind.
He wears a black band on his lower right leg and an orange flag on his upper left, bearing the laser inscription B95. Scientists...
The Fairy Ring
AuthorMary Losure
ISBN0763656704
The enchanting true story of a girl who saw fairies, and another with a gift for art, who concocted a story to stay out of trouble and ended up fooling the world.

Frances was nine when she first saw the fairies. They were tiny men, dressed all in green. Nobody but Frances saw them, so her cousin Elsie...
The Beetle Book
AuthorSteve Jenkins
ISBN0547680848
Beetles squeak and beetles glow.
Beetles stink, beetles sprint, beetles walk on water.
With legs, antennae, horns, beautiful shells, knobs, and other oddities—what’s not
to like about beetles?
The beetle world is vast: one out of every four living things on earth is a beetle.
There...
Chuck Close: Face Book
AuthorChuck Close
ISBN1419701630
This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Close’s story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer format is based on real kids’ inquiries about Close’s life and work, and his answers to them. Close, who is wheelchair-bound...
The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins
AuthorH.P. Newquist
ISBN0547315848
Winner of the Magnolia Award

 

HP Newquist takes young readers on an engaging tour of the world of blood, from
ancient history to modern science—with an occasional trip to the very strange side of
the most important tissue in our bodies. Oddly enough, scientists began...
We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
AuthorCynthia Levinson
ISBN1561456276
We've Got a Job tells the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary-, middle-, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alabama, between May 2 and May 11, 1963. Fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s precept to fill the jails, they succeeded...
A Black Hole Is Not a Hole
AuthorCarolyn Cinami Decristofano
ISBN1570917833
Get ready to S-T-R-E-T-C-H your mind!

What is a black hole? Where do they come from? How were they discovered? Can we visit one? Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano takes readers on a ride through the galaxies (ours, and others), answering these questions and many more about the phenomenon known as...
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship
AuthorRussell Freedman
From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they intersected at a critical moment in U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both selftaught, both great readers and believers in...
The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure
AuthorMartin W. Sandler
ISBN0763650803
Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897. In that particular year, winter came early, bringing with it storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and about three hundred sailors off guard. The ships were imprisoned in ice with no hope...
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust
AuthorDoreen Rappaport
ISBN0763629766
In a stirring chronicle, Doreen Rappaport brings to light the courage of countless Jews who organized to sabotage the Nazis and help other Jews during the Holocaust.

Under the noses of the military, Georges Loinger smuggles thousands of children out of occupied France into Switzerland....
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
AuthorAndrea Warren
ISBN0547395744
Provoked by the horrors he saw every day, Charles Dickens wrote novels that were originally intended as instruments for social change — to save his country’s children.
Charles Dickens is best known for his contributions to the world of literature, but during his young life, Dickens witnessed...
Those Rebels, John & Tom
AuthorBarbara Kerley
ISBN0545222680
A brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different.

John Adams was short and stout.
Thomas Jefferson was tall and lean.

John was argumentative...
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
AuthorSy Montgomery
ISBN0547443153
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism.
   While Temple’s doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead.
   Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor...
Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead
AuthorRebecca L. Johnson
ISBN0761386335
oh my god.

zombies are real, and they are mostly insects. i am not leaving my house, ever. although every summer, there are these tiny little beetles that come and live in my apartment, and i am always really nice to them and set them free out the window, and if they are zombies, i hope to all the higher...
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
AuthorRobert Byrd
ISBN0803737491
In this informative book all about the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, author Robert Byrd uses text and vibrant art to show the many ways Ben Franklin contributed to American history. He was a printer, writer, publisher, inventor, and founding Father of the new American nation. Most...
The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery
AuthorSandra Markle
ISBN0761351086
Panamanian golden frogs aren't just cute, little, and yellow. They're also the national symbol of Panama. But they started to disappear about fifteen years ago. What's killing them? Could it be a change in their habitat? What about pollution? Might it be a result of climate change? Follow a team of scientists...
Snakes
AuthorNic Bishop
ISBN0545206383
YIKES!!! Join naturalist Nic Bishop for a closer look at scaly, scary snakes!

Snakes are scaly, scary, silent predators. They use powerful venom or crushing strength to overwhelm their victims. Then they swallow them whole!

With breathtaking full-page images, Sibert Medal-winning...
The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
AuthorAnita Silvey
ISBN0374309086
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges at every turn: tropical illnesses, extreme terrain, and dangerous animals. They battled piranhas, tigers, and vampire bats. Even the plants themselves could be lethal! But these intrepid eighteenth-...
Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration
AuthorShelley Tougas
ISBN0756545129
Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of one of the nine trying to enter the school a young girl being taunted, harassed and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the worlds attention and kept its disapproving...
The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity
AuthorElizabeth Rusch
On June 10, 2003, a little rover named Spirit blasted off on a rocket headed for Mars. On July 7, 2003, a twin rover named Opportunity soared through the solar system with the same mission: to find out if Mars ever had water that could have supported life.A thrilling addition to the acclaimed Scientists...
Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate
AuthorRick Bowers
ISBN1426309155
This book tells a group of intertwining stories that culminate in the historic 1947 collision of the Superman Radio Show and the Ku Klux Klan. It is the story of the two Cleveland teenagers who invented Superman as a defender of the little guy and the New York wheeler-dealers who made him a major media force....
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
AuthorSally M. Walker
ISBN0805089454
On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for wartorn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating...
His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg
AuthorLouise Borden
ISBN0618507558
An amazing and inspirational World War II story about how one man saved the lives of many.

Raoul Wallenberg’s name may not be a universally familiar one, but the impact he had is immeasurable. Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest during World War II to rescue Jews from...
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat
AuthorGail Jarrow
ISBN1590787323
One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America’s South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award-winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks...
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