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Seventh grader Wendy Toledo knows that black holes and immigration police have one thing in common: they can both make things disappear without a trace. When her family moves to a new all-American neighborhood, Wendy knows the plan: keep her head down, build a telescope that will win the science fair, and stay on her family's safe orbit. But that's easier said than done when there's a woman hiding out from ICE agents in the church across the alley,...
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A young African American girl named Libby loves the mixing, measuring, pouring, and stirring involved in science, whether it's baking pancakes or making a foaming fountain in science class. However, Libby doesn't always follow directions precisely. When she and her friends volunteer to run the science booth at their school fair, they have some great ideas for giant bubbles, fluffy slime, and bottle rockets; but Libby's imprecise measuring causes trouble....
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For the first time in years Eerie Elementary is planning a science fair, which may not be a good idea in a school which is alive and out to get the students--but when Sam and his friends find a book of experiments that contains all of Orson Eerie's notes, it may turn out to be the key they need to finally understand the mad scientist.
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Eleven-year-old Oliver finds his reputation shattered after a cafeteria catastrophe, so he turns to his quirky geoscientist aunt for help and learns about volcanoes to prepare for the school science fair and a chance to dethrone champion Ana Lía Quintero in hopes of restoring his social status.
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"Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do--listening at storytime, painting masterpieces during art class, and keeping their own special journals. But when it's time for the school science fair, the mice aren't sure just how to get involved. Lucy wants to time them as they run through a maze, but they want to do an experiment, not be an experiment. Then Zeke comes up with a great...
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Jessie wants her science fair project to make a difference. So when she gets the chance to test a local creek for pollution, she can't wait to get started. But when things start going wrong with her experiment, Jessie and her siblings don't just have an experiment to investigate, they have a mystery to solve!
10) Superstar
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Lester struggles to adjust to fifth grade as he transitions from being homeschooled to attending public school. It's been five years since his father died in a tragic accident while working as an astronaut, but Lester's grief still overwhelms him at times. Navigating his new circumstances with autism poses its own unique challenges--the cafeteria noise is too much and sudden schedule changes are extra difficult. Dealing with bullies and making new...
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When his teacher announces that there will be a science fair in a few weeks, a young boy is worried. He doesn't like science. Science is hard! But when his mom tells him to "look for the science in your life," he knows just what his project will be! By doing research, asking his friends for help, and not giving up, the boy learns that science can be really fun. Now that's smart.
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It's almost time for the Earth Day Fair, but Nate the Great's classroom's science project, a cleaning robot named Mr. Butler, has gone missing. Nate and his dog Sludge start to investigate and find themselves encountering all the other classes' science fair projects along the way. Using his sleuthing skills, Nate discovers the location of Mr. Butler just in time for the Earth Day Fair.
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It's school science fair time, and Max and Mo love seeing what the big ones -- the kids in the class -- are making. The two hamsters decide to do their own experiment and learn how to grow plants from seeds! Follow along with Max and Mo with simple instructions at the back of the book for kids to grow their own plants!
19) Whiz kid
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"When Miles teams up with his friends to enter a citywide science competition, his cousin Cam, who made it to regionals the year before, offers to help, but while everyone else is rocking the project, Miles feels like the weak link." --