Sally Wern Comport
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
An ancient and terrifying Narragansett native-American legend begins to come true for a teenage long-distance runner, whose recovery from the accident that killed her parents has stunned everyone, including her guardian aunt in Providence, Rhode Island.
5) Bearwalker
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although the littlest student in his class, thirteen-year-old Baron Braun calls upon the strength and wisdom of his Mohawk ancestors to face both man and beast when he tries to get help for his classmates, who are being terrorized during a school field trip in the Adirondacks.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What does it take to be a STEM genius? Check out these exciting, highly readable profiles of a dozen contemporary women who are on the cutting edge of scientific research. Searching the cosmos for a new Earth. Using math to fight human trafficking. Designing invisible (and safer) cars. Unlocking climate-change secrets. All of this groundbreaking science, and much more, is happening right now, spearheaded by the diverse female scientists and engineers...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the life of the first female rocket scientist who, chosen to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite, broke gender barriers and overcame many challenges to succeed."--
12) Night wings
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
15) Power forward
Author
Series
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon." --
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near an island in the Pacific Northwest.
19) The great expedition of Lewis and Clark: by Private Reubin Field, member of the Corps of Discovery
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
An account, told in the words of one participant, of the difficulties and wonders that were part of the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the land obtained as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
20) The black paw
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two fifth-graders who are the targets of bullies and a mouse spy who has not only lost her job but is also on a mobster rat's hit list, meet at Washington D.C.'s International Spy Museum and go under cover to help each other out.