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Author
Publisher
Big Kid Science
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"Scientifically-accurate illustrations and information-packed sidebars enrich this fascinating tale, the third in this acclaimed series about diversity and space exploration. Set in the future, Max the Dog’s friend Tori is all grown up and is the chief scientist of the Jupiter Mission. In order to reach their spacecraft, Max and his crew must take an amazing ride on a new device called the Space Elevator. Once they’ve probed the planet’s atmosphere,...
5) Life on Mars
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1969 twelve-year-old Mimi and her family move to an all-white town in Vermont, where Mimi's mixed-race background and interest in "boyish" topics like astronomy make her feel like an outsider.
11) Heartlight
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Kate and her grandfather use one of his inventions, combining psychic power with quantum physics, to travel faster than the speed of light on a mission to save the sun from a premature death.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first team to answer three astronomy riddles during space week at Camp Dakota will get to attend a top secret event, and with Angie leading team Astro Explorers, they are a shoo-in to win. But team Star Trooper is solving the riddles first, and if the Astro Explorers want to win the big prize they better think fast. In comic book format.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a seventh century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustration at not being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl.
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor,...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPubishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Struggling with grief over her uncle's death, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals makes a discovery that could save her favorite astronomy spots in Zion National Park from the threat of a new housing development.
19) Wormwood
Author
Series
Shadowmancer quartet volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In 1756, as a deadly comet hurtles toward London, Dr. Sabian Blake and his fourteen-year-old housemaid, Agetta, struggle against dark forces that seek an ancient, powerful book in Blake's possession that would enable them to carry out an evil plan in which Agetta unknowingly plays a pivotal role.
Author
Publisher
Chooseco Llc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever read a book that's about you? This books is. Your best friends are your dog Homer and your cat Zogg. But there's a secret about them that no one knows but you: Zogg to Paris for two weeks, you're not sure if you can leave Homer and Zogg all alone. They had big plans to take you to outer space this summer. SPACE?! So what will you do? Should you let Squarks and diamond-covered mice teach you about different life-forms in the UNiverse?...