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10 best books like What Was the Great Chicago Fire? (Janet B. Pascal): Counting Thyme, A Tangle of Knots, Project Mulberry, Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, The Secret Subway, Diamond Willow, The Story of Diva and Flea, Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?

Counting Thyme
AuthorMelanie Conklin
ISBN0399173307
When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island...
A Tangle of Knots
AuthorLisa Graff
ISBN0399255176
Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny...
Project Mulberry
AuthorLinda Sue Park
ISBN0440421632
Julia Song and her friend Patrick want to team up to win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but they can't agree on the perfect project. Then Julia's mother suggests they raise silkworms as she did years ago in Korea. The optimistic twosome quickly realizes that raising silkworms is a lot tougher than they...
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
AuthorSusan Hood
ISBN1481430955
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing instruments built from recycled trash.

Ada Ríos grew up in Cateura, a small town in Paraguay built on...
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
AuthorDuncan Tonatiuh
ISBN1419716476
A picture book biography of José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852–1913). In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he first drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons throughout much of his life, but he is...
The Secret Subway
AuthorShana Corey
From an acclaimed author and a New York Times Best Illustrated artist comes the fascinating, little-known—and true!—story of New York City’s first subway.

New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You see, way back in 1860, there were no subways,...
Diamond Willow
AuthorHelen Frost
ISBN0374317763
There's
more to me than
most people
see.

Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants,...
The Story of Diva and Flea
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1484722841
Diva, a small yet brave dog, and Flea, a curious streetwise cat, develop an unexpected friendship in this unforgettable tale of discovery.

For as long as she could remember, Diva lived at 11 avenue Le Play in Paris, France. For as long as he could remember, Flea also lived in Paris, France-but...
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
AuthorChris Barton
ISBN1580892973
A cool idea with a big splash.

You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the...
Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?
AuthorMegan Stine
ISBN1524786268
Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle.

Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic...
Where Is Area 51?
AuthorPaula K. Manzanero
ISBN1524786411
You'll find it on a map--but you'll never get anywhere near this top secret military base. What exactly is going on there?

Is Area 51 a top secret military base that lies in the middle of the barren Nevada desert? Or could it actually be a facility for examining aliens and their spaceships? People...
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