Kepler's Dream

10 best books like Kepler's Dream (Juliet Bell): Shouting at the Rain, All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, The Invisible Boy, The Length of a String, The Secret Tree, Bluefish, Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace, Prairie Evers

Shouting at the Rain

Author

Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful...

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook

Author	Leslie Connor
ISBN	0062333461

Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids’ Indie Next List Pick

From Leslie Connor, award-winning author of Waiting for Normal and Crunch, comes a soaring and heartfelt story about love, forgiveness, and how innocence makes us all rise up. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook is a powerful...

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Author	Trenton Lee Stewart
ISBN	0307582396

IF YOU FAIL,
ALL IS
LOST.

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome...

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

Author	Sally Fallon
ISBN	0967089735

The Diet Dictocrats don't want you to know that...
- Your body needs old-fashioned animal fats
- New-fangled polyunsaturated oils can be bad for you
- Modern whole grain products can cause health problems
- Traditional sauces promote digestion and assimilation
- Modern food...

The Invisible Boy

Author	Trudy Ludwig
ISBN	1582464502

A simple act of kindness can transform an invisible boy into a friend…

Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party... until, that is, a new kid comes to class.

When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian...

The Length of a String

Author

Elissa Brent Weissman

Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birthparents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way.

Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to...

The Secret Tree

Author	Natalie Standiford
ISBN	0545334799

A sweet story of a tree that's literally filled with secrets.

What is your secret?

Minty's neighborhood is full of mysteries. There's the Witch House, a spooky old farmhouse on the other side of woods from where Minty and her best friend, Paz, live. There's the Man Bat, a seven-foot-tall...

Bluefish

Author	Pat Schmatz
ISBN	0763653349

Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he’s missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there’s just the cramped place he shares with his alcoholic grandpa, a new school, and the dreaded routine of school. But that’s before Travis meets Mr. McQueen, who doesn’t take "pass" for an answer—a...

Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace

Author	Nan Marino
ISBN	1596437537

In Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino, eleven-year-old musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, was supposed to win the most coveted reality show on television, Tween Star. None of the other contestants even came close to his talents. But in the middle of the biggest night, with millions of people watching,...

Prairie Evers

Author	Ellen Airgood
ISBN	0399256911

A sweet, spirited ten-year-old embarks upon the adventure of first friendship in this sparkling debut

Prairie Evers is finding that socialization isn't all it's cracked up to be. She's been homeschooled by her granny and has learned the most from traipsing through nature. But now she has...

Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats

Author	Sally Fallon Morell
ISBN	0452285666

Based on more than two decades of research, Eat Fat, Lose Fat flouts conventional wisdom by revealing that so-called healthy vegetable oils (such as corn and soybean) are in large part responsible for our national obesity and health crisis, while the saturated fats traditionally considered “harmful”...

Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol

Author	Mary G. Enig
ISBN	0967812607

This is more of a textbook and resource rather than easy reading, but if you are a lay person interested in fats, this will be fairly easy to read (One of the nice things about it). What I liked about this book is that it not only provides a very clear explanation for the metabolism of fats but it also provided...

Saving Winslow

Author	Sharon Creech
ISBN	0062570730

Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.

Louie doesn't...