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Our Bookmark titles for this week are all science themed to tie in with our Science Week celebrations.

Junior Readers

‘Edie’s Experiments’ by Charlotte Barkla

Edie is a scientist. She loves conducting experiments, investigating results and sometimes making things explode. When she starts at a new school, she decides to make the whole experience one giant experiment. Can making friends be a scientific process? You’ll be laughing non-stop as Edie accidentally melts slime all over her classroom and tries to win friends with cookies, face cream and flowers (none of which go according to plan). This is a fun, fantastic novel for young readers who love science or understand how hard it is to master the art (or science) of making friends.

Middle Readers

‘Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up To Be Awesome Scientists’ by Martha Freeman, illustrated by Katy Wu

Want to be inspired? This book highlights 20 women who have excelled in their field of research, from biology and physics to oceanography and geology. Each scientist is given a three or four page write up, exploring their life and scientific achievements, along with a beautiful colour illustration. The scientists are arranged in order of their birth date, so readers can journey through science history right the way through from 1842 to present day. The book also offers tips on becoming a famous scientist and there are lots of listed sources, so you can learn more about your favourite scientist.

Senior Readers

‘The Vanishing Deep’ by Astrid Scholte

After the Great Waves destroyed the planet, people had to learn to live on the sea. Tempe is seventeen. All she has known is a life after the Great Waves swallowed the earth. Now she dives beneath the surface to scavenge the ruins below for anything of value to trade. She is trying to buy years for her dead sister’s life. A research facility offers to revive the dead for 24 hours and Tempe wants answers from her sister. Answers that will explain the death of their parents. But the reanimation doesn’t go quite to plan and Tempe has to decide what she will sacrifice for Elysea’s secrets. Science fiction, dystopian and a touch of mystery, ‘The Vanishing Deep’ will keep you hooked to the pages, with twists you won’t see coming.

Ms Madison Dearnaley, Teacher Librarian

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