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Here's what your Jax Library staff are recommending this month!
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Kitchen science lab for kids : 52 family-friendly experiments from around the house
by Liz Lee Heinecke
Summary: Outlines fifty-two kitchen experiments that utilize common pantry items to introduce fundamental concepts in physics, chemistry, and biology
Hongying from the Pablo Creek Regional Library recommends Kitchen Science Lab for Kids by Liz Lee Heinecke, "a fun book for parents who want to spark the curiosity and creativity in science in their kids. Kids are introduced to acids and bases, physics in motion, rocket science, polymers, life science and microbiology with 52 family-friendly, hands-on experiments. And you can find all the materials for the enrichment from around the house!"
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I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
Summary: When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed. Simultaneous eBook.
Alex from the Main Library's Teen Department recommends Erika L. Sánchez's novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. "I love how this book explores loss of identity, and coming of age during a difficult time in one’s life. "
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The girl who fell from the sky : a novel
by Heidi W. Durrow
Summary: After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.
Leona from the University Park Branch recommends The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow, which she calls a "captivating and moving novel."
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