Middle School Science

From beloved Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon comes a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist. So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale...

Monster Middle School has a new kid! Moan and Clank continue their Middle School adventures and meet the mysterious new kid. With a strange name and an even stranger attitude, will this new kid be a friend or a foe? Find out in Week Two of Monster Middle School. This audiobook features over 40 illustrations to keep your kids engaged and excited! A new middle grade book series by the best-selling author Write Blocked! Perfect for reluctant young readers, this series is sure to entertain!

"It's the oddest/sweetest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men. I was smiling the whole time (except for the part where I cried). I gave it to my mom, and I'm reading it to my kids—it's absolutely multigenerational. Prepare to have your heart warmed." — Stephenie Meyer, author of the...

After the death of her beloved father, headstrong princess Thirrin Freer Strong-In-The-Arm becomes warrior queen of her homeland, Icemark, defending it from a formidable invader. Despite Thirrin's bravery and the support of Oskan, the Witch's son, the task proves more difficult than Thirrin ever dreamed. She must assemble a force to rival her opponent. And, in the chill winter of Icemark, she only has until spring to unite the strange beasts and frightening creatures who live just outside her country.

On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be bullied by older kids, so he makes his wish, "I don't want to grow up!" When his 12th birthday rolls around, he discovers his wish came true: he's still 11, and he's starting fifth grade (again). At first, this is the perfect life. Jackson is the smartest kid in his class, the best on his baseball team, and the star of the school band. But after a few years of being eleven, he realizes his life is passing him by.

Can a Particle Be in Two Places at Once? Welcome to the Strangest Science in the Universe. Does your child ask questions you can’t answer? At the smallest scale, the universe is strange, surprising — and completely real. Quantum physics sounds impossible. Most adults struggle to explain it. This book changes that. Quantum Physics for Kids turns complex ideas into a clear, structured journey for curious readers ages 8–12. No oversimplified cartoons. No confusing jargon. Just real science explained with clarity and respect. If you’ve been searching for the right way to explain reality...

Is Your Young Slugger Ready for the Wildest, Truest Baseball Stories Ever Told? Give your child or teen a book that finally makes baseball thrilling. Packed with the impossible moments that turned ordinary kids into the greatest players. A boy who could not stop growing. A rookie in bright Brooklyn white told not to swing back. A two-way star who would not pick between hitting and pitching. Legends. Records that refuse to die. All in one book. Inside you'll find: Greatest Stories: Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Ronald Acuña Jr., Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, and more. True biographies ...

This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist! After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy...

In the year 1202, Leonardo of Pisa included a small puzzle about rabbits in a book meant for merchants. That puzzle introduced a number pattern that would later become known as the Fibonacci sequence. But the story of Fibonacci is much larger than a list of numbers. Fibonacci and the Science of Growth: A Teen’s Guide to Patterns in Nature and Technology explores how a simple recursive rule became a bridge between medieval trade, biological systems, modern engineering, and computer science. Designed for readers ages 13–16, this book explains: • How the Hindu-Arabic numeral system — ...

Carlos planned to spend the afternoon trying to win a new BMX bike. Instead, he’s stuck in the backyard with his kid brother, a weed whacker, and one very bad beehive. Thirteen-year-old Carlos is stuck watching his kid brother and doing yard work when the weed whacker stirs up a hidden bee's nest. Getting inside the house should be simple—except his kid brother locked the door. Now, the backyard has become one giant escape puzzle. Carlos is an expert at making split-second moves on a BMX bike, which is lucky — because it’s hard to think when a buzzing brigade is dive-bombing your ...

Qibli knows Darkstalker must be stopped. And he knows he could stop him -- if he had magic. With even a sliver of the ancient dragon's all-powerful scroll, Qibli could rewrite history the right way: end war forever; make every dragon happy; perhaps even cast a very small spell so that everyone would like him . . .

Before the battle of the SandWing queens; before the prophecy and the dragonets sent to save Pyrrhia from endless war; a long, long time ago...evil was born. In alternating chapters this Wings of Fire special edition takes listeners back to the very beginning, when powerful, mythical dragons Clearsight, Fathom, and Darkstalker - the most dangerous dragon of all - were just dragonets. When the future was bright and uncertain, when no one had been betrayed or had their heart broken.

Poison in Plain Sight A man bites a pen and dies in seconds. A city drinks from a well that looks perfectly clean. A chef slices a fish knowing one wrong cut ends the meal, and possibly a life. Every chapter in Invisible Poisons: The Chemistry of History's Most Dangerous Substances begins with a real event. Every event is a chemistry problem that someone had to solve — usually after the damage was already done. This book follows the story of toxicology from its messiest beginnings to its modern frontiers. A poisoned cup of coffee helped invent forensic science. A Soviet spy's pen ...

A new website that bashes the overbearing principal surfaces and after no investigation whatsoever, Austin is the one and only suspect. To make matters worse, Randy Warblemacher, notorious cheater and Austin's chief nemesis, offers Austin a wager on the outcome of the science fair, and it's an offer too good to refuse. But after a communication mix-up, the lovable underdog finds himself going head-to-head with his own girlfriend.

My friend Robin and I were going to have the best sleepover ever. We'd stay up late, eat s'mores, share secrets - and not knock on my magic mirror. I was not getting pulled into another fairy tale. But the mirror still ends up pulling me and my brother, Jonah, into Sleeping Beauty's story - and this time, Robin comes with us, too! When Robin pricks her finger on the spindle, I know we're in trouble.

Are you looking for an “UNDER”-ground adventure? Cob Brown has lived in an underground compound for all of his thirteen years. For almost 300 years, those in power have suppressed all but an elementary education. Every day seems the same: play games, play games, play games; until Cob discovers a hidden book that leads him to a treasure, a sophisticated computer! Cob’s basic beliefs contradict the new knowledge. He begins to question the status quo in his society. But is the risk of change worth losing his best friend or disobeying his parents? Challenging the entire compound’s ...

Her Flames Will Burn Brighter Than A Trillion Suns...As Long As She Survives The Climb...Tiz Phoenix And The Witch's Tree...A Superheroine Origin Story... "Wow! What an experience. A feasible feast for the imagination, knitted together like the comfiest blanket. Definitely worth a read!" ― five stars from Franjipani "majikrealms" on Amazon.com. "I liked this idea because it really was different." ― Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards (see the editorial reviews below). Now on sale for $2.99 (Regular Price $4.99). So take it for a spin! Book Description: Welcome to the Ascension: a dangerous...

In the years after the Omnic Crisis, the American Southwest is ruled by vultures looking to profit off the chaos. The West is ripe for the taking, and Elizabeth Caledonia Ashe intends to write her name across it. When Ashe is arrested yet again on the morning of her high school graduation, her aloof, old-money parents decide to disinherit her from the family fortune. To steal back what's rightfully hers, Ashe teams up with her omnic butler, B.O.B., and local ruffian Jesse McCree for a series of heists, catapulting the trio into a game of fast money and dangerous alliances.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartfelt, action-packed “Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Land of Stories” adventure series that will take readers on an epic journey across the galaxy to save Earth! Eleven-year-old Roswell Johnson is obsessed...

Be the bravest of them all . . . Once upon a time my brother and I were normal kids. The next minute? The mirror in our basement slurped us up and magically transported us inside Snow White's fairy tale. I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. But hey--we're heroes! We stopped Snow White from eating the poisoned apple. Hooray! Or not. If Snow White doesn't die, she won't get to meet her prince. And then she won't get her happy ending. Oops.