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Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Join author Sarafina Nance, a real-life astrophysicist and one of Forbes magazine "30 inspirational women," as she guides you through 22 fascinating pages of fun facts all about the universe. Get lost in captivating illustrations and text about that big wide-open space above us. Did you know that everything you can see, touch, taste, and smell is actually just a teeny tiny part of the Universe? Or that even though Earth has only 1 moon, Jupiter has...
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.
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"La astronomía y la mitología se unen en el nuevo libro de Carlos Pazos, creador de Futuros Genios. ¿Por qué los planetas y otros astros tienen nombres de dioses y personajes mitológicos? ¿Siempre hemos llamado al Sol así? ¿Qué temperatura hace en Venus? ¿Y qué hay más allá de Plutón? Encuentra las respuestas a todas estas preguntas en Astromitos y... nunca volverás a ver el Sistema Solar de la misma manera"--provided by publisher.
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10) Full cicada moon
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mormon girl Elizabeth is torn between becoming an astronomer and familial duties and faith when she navigates a whole new world of possibility, in this sweeping adventure set in Colorado in the late nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
Walker Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of the reclusive sixteenth-century cleric who introduced the revolutionary idea that the Earth orbits the sun, describing the dangerous forces and complicated personalities that marked the publication of Copernicus's findings.
18) The Bennet women
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Bennet House, the only all-women's dorm at prestigious Longbourn University, home to three close friends who are about to have an eventful year. EJ is an ambitious Black engineering student. Her best friend, Jamie, is a newly out trans woman studying French and theatre. Tessa is a Filipina astronomy major with guy trouble. For them, Bennet House is more than a residence--it's an oasis of feminism, femininity, and enlightenment. But as...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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,...
20) Seeing stars
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This artful and accessible introduction to constellations equips readers with the information they need to locate, name, and explain all 88 internationally recognized constellations. Each cluster of stars is featured alongside the "story" (mythological or historical) behind its naming, tips on how to find it, what times of year it is visible, and key stars and asterisms within its grouping. Complete with star maps and a glossary, this keepsake volume...
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