Beetle busters : a rogue insect and the people who track it [Scientists in the field (Clarion/HarperCollins)]by Burns, Loree Griffin 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014)

BTSB #: 175328 Available

Dewey: 595.76/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.3 MG RC: 9.4 6-8 Lexile: 1100 NC

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Subjects: Asian longhorned beetles Beetles

Summary: A fascinating photo essay about the tree-killing Asian long-horned beetle and a nationwide effort from bug scientists to tree doctors working to eradicate this incredibly invasive pest.

Fatal fever : tracking down Typhoid Mary by Jarrow, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Calkins Creek, 2015)

BTSB #: 489958 Available

Dewey: 614/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.4 MG RC: 8.6 6-8 Lexile: 1010

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Subjects: Typhoid Mary,|d1869-1938 Typhoid fever

Summary: The true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate.

Human body : the story of how we protect, repair, and make ourselves stronger [Smithsonian. Invention & impact]by Newquist, H. P. 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2015)

BTSB #: 675322 Available

Dewey: 610/NAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 1130

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Subjects: Medicine - History Medical innovations Medical technology Human physiology

Summary: Book 1: An exploration of the objects that scientists and tinkerers throughout history have invented to protect, repair, or improve our bodies.

Inside Biosphere 2 : earth science under glass [Scientists in the field (Clarion/HarperCollins)]by Carson, Mary Kay 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)

BTSB #: 194955 Available

Dewey: 304.2/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7 MG RC: 9.5 6-8 Lexile: 1060

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Subjects: Biosphere 2 (Project) Closed ecological systems (Space environment) Human ecology Ecology - Research

Summary: In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems.

Learning about the endocrine and reproductive systems [Learning about the human body systems]by Kim, Melissa 

BTSB Prebound(Enslow, 2013)

BTSB #: 517930 Available

Dewey: 612.4/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 1020

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Subjects: Endocrine glands Reproductive system

Summary: Learn how these two systems work together to ensure survival of the human race.

Mystery of life : how nothing became everything by Schutten, Jan Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2015)

BTSB #: 790880 Available

Dewey: 576/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 6.3 MG Lexile: 830

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Subjects: Life (Biology) Life - Origin Evolution Discoveries in science

Summary: With decades of scientific knowledge behind him and a genuine sense of fun in his approach, Jan Paul Schutten rewards curiosity with engaging explanations about some of the most complicated scientific issues that exist, and tells readers that there is much left to discover. For example: Why does the paramecium deserve a standing ovation? How do you build a planet? Does a tree want to be tall? How does a bacterium turn into a blue whale? How can you survive without a rear end?