Grasping mysteries : girls who loved math by Atkins, Jeannine 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2020)

BTSB #: 074991 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 960

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Herschel, Caroline Lucretia,|d1750-1848 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Nightingale, Florence,|d1820-1910 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Ayrton, Hertha,|d1854-1923 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Tharp, Marie - Childhood and youth - Fiction Johnson, Katherine G. - Childhood and youth - Fiction Paisano, Edna L. - Childhood and youth - Fiction Rubin, Vera C.,|d1928-2016 - Childhood and youth - Fiction Novels in verse Mathematicians - Fiction Scientists - Fiction Sex role - Fiction

Summary: A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovative work that changed history.

Worst-case Collin by Caprara, Rebecca 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 185805 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 680

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Hoarders - Fiction Grief - Fiction Death - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Mathematicians - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: In the two years since his mother was killed in an automobile crash, Collin has been anticipating further disasters, writing down what to do in the event of an avalanche or mentally practicing the Heimlich maneuver just in case--but the real trouble is that his mathematician father is obsessed with a classic math problem and has a hoarding problem that is spiraling out of control, leaving Collin desperate to hide this chaos from his friends and everyone else, even as he struggles with his own grief.