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MadScience presents "Fire & Ice"
Saturday, October 17,
2:00
Zoom
Stretch your brain! When was the last time you burnt paper and there was no ash? Levitated all kinds of balls without using your hands? You will learn how cool dry ice can be (109.5 degrees below zero to be exact!). Watch on Zoom as the Mad Scientist uses dry ice to shower volunteers with clouds, bubbles and creates spooky fog.
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Dragonslayer
by Tui Sutherland
A special-edition entry in the best-selling series finds a Dragonslayer’s apprehensive daughter, a vengeful dragon hunter and a girl once sacrificed to dragons assuming unexpected roles in establishing the peace. By the best-selling author of the Menagerie trilogy.
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Mañanaland
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The setting: the fictional country of Santa Maria, where Max Córdoba listens to his Buelo spin incredible stories, wonders about his long-absent mother, and hopes to make the local fútbol team.
What happens: Max learns that Buelo’s stories are true -- their family really does serve as guardians who guide refugees to safety in Mañanaland, and now it’s Max’s turn to undertake a hazardous journey.
Read it for: a poetic and powerful fantasy story with roots in the real world.
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City spies
by James Ponti
Sentenced to juvenile detention after exposing her foster parents’ crimes, a talented young hacker is rescued by a British spy who recruits five teen savants from different world regions to become elite agents for MI5. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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| Ikenga by Nnedi OkoraforWhat it's about: After his father is murdered, 12-year-old Nnamdi receives a life-changing gift: an ebony statuette that transforms him into a gigantic, superpowered figure who delivers vigilante justice while hunting for his father's killer.
Why you might like it: This darkly funny story pairs breathless (and sometimes violent) action with a gripping murder mystery.
Further reading: If you like the brave main character, inventive magic, and richly detailed Nigerian setting, you might also enjoy the author's Akata Witch series. |
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Into the pit
by Scott Cawthon
A mash-up of three novella-length tales in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy’s finds Oswald, Sarah and Millie pursuing their most fervent wishes about summer vacation, beauty and invisibility. Original. Illustrations.
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The last kids on Earth and the cosmic beyond
by Max Brallier
During the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse, Jack and his buddies prepare for a monstrous Christmas celebration, but a supervillainess steals Jack's prized monster-slaying weapon, his Louisville Slicer, and he vows to get it back
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Took : a ghost story
by Mary Downing Hahn
Dan's family moves next door to a woman called Old Auntie who claims she is a witch, and he finds he must take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years
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The show must go on!
by P. J. Night
Bree is delighted to get the lead role in "The Last Sleepover" at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, but from the start the rehearsals are marked by strange occurrences until she begins to fear she will not survive opening night
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Return of the mummy [electronic resource]
by R. L. Stine
Returning to Egypt to help his uncle Ben and cousin Sari with an archaeological dig, Gabe learns about a curse that supposedly brings mummies back to life and thinks his uncle has become a victim
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 10-13!
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