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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommened for Grades 9-12 & Adults

Genre/Category
History | Nonfiction | Science

Historical Time Period
Early Modern
Date
1600s
Topic
Medicine | Mystery | Research | Science
Geographic Region
Europe
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution

Author: Tucker, Holly

A sharp-eyed exposé of the deadly politics, murderous plots, and cutthroat rivalries behind the first blood transfusions in seventeenth-century Europe.

On a cold day in December 1667 the renegade physician Jean Denis transfused ten ounces of calf’s blood into Antoine Mauroy, a madman. Several days and several transfusions later, Mauroy was dead and Denis was framed for murder. A riveting and wide-reaching history, Blood Work shows how blood transfusion became swept up in personal vendettas, international intrigues, and the war between science and superstition. In a foreshadowing of today’s stem cell and cloning debates, proponents saw transfusion as a long-awaited cure to deadly illnesses, while others worried that science was toying with forces of nature, perhaps even paving the way for monstrous hybrid creatures. Taking us from the highest ranks of society to the lowest, Holly Tucker introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters, all ruthless contenders in the battle over transfusion. Finally, in a feat of historical research, she reveals the true identities of Mauroy’s murderers—and their motivations to kill.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 5-8 Grade

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction | Science

Historical Time Period
Elizabethan Age | Reformation | Rennaisance
Date
1600s
Topic
Circulatory System | Research | Science
Geographic Region
England | Europe
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book

William Harvey: Trailblazer of Scientific Medicine (Immortals of Science)

Author: Marcus, Rebecca B.Part of a Series: Immortals of Science

Biography of William Harvey whose scientific research broaden our knowledge of the circulatory system.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 7-9 Grades

Genre/Category
Biographies | Nonfiction

Historical Time Period
Modern
Date
1900s
Topic
Biography | Christian | Doctor | Illness | Leprosy | Missionary | Research | Science | Surgeons
Geographic Region
Asia | England | Europe | India | United States - America
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book

Ten Fingers for God

Author: Wilson, Dorothy Clarke

From his beginning as the son of English missionary parents working in India, to his schooling in England, marriage, family, further work as a pioneer in leprosy treatment, innovative surgeries, and on to his continued research in America, this book tells the story of a man who has lead an exciting life. Dr. Brand’s humility and ability to adapt to different cultural and environmental conditions both stem from his love for God and God’s creation.

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Lexile/Reading Level
710L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Topic
Food | George Washington | Research | US Presidents
Main Character
Boy(s)
Format
Book

George Washington’s Breakfast

Author: Fritz, Jean

George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he wants to know, is determined to learn all there is to know about his namesake including what the first president ate for breakfast! “The sprightly, humorous story and likable colored illustrations bring history alive and make research meaningful.” –Booklist “A delightful book The plot combines history, biography, research, cooking and a determined child.” –The New York Times Book Review “Younger and reluctant readers may enjoy this, as it offers a painless way of picking up information.” –School Library Journal

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Lexile/Reading Level
860L

Genre/Category
Fantasy | Fiction | Science Fiction

Historical Time Period
Contemporary
Topic
Doing what's right | Good and Evil | Marine Biologist | Marine Life | Research | Science | Starfish
Geographic Region
Europe | Portugal
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Book | Ebook

Arm of the Starfish (O’Keefe Family #1)

Author: L'Engle, MadeleinePart of a Series: O'Keefe Family

Book Arm of the StarfishWhen Adam Eddington, a gifted marine biology student, makes the acquaintance of blond and beautiful Kali Cutter at Kennedy International Airport on his way to Portugal to spend the summer working for the renowned scientist Dr. O’Keefe, he has no idea that this seemingly chance meeting will set into motion a chain of events he will be unable to stop.Caught between Kali’s seductive wiles and the trusting adoration of Dr. O’Keefe’s daughter, Polly, Adam finds himself enmeshed in a deadly power struggle between two groups of people, only one of which can have right on its side. As the danger escalates, Adam must make a decision that could affect the entire world–which side is he on?

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Lexile/Reading Level
1090L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical

Historical Time Period
Revolutionary War
Date
Late 1700s
Topic
Freedom | Military and Wars | Prejudice and Racism | Research | Science | Slavery
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award | National Book Award for Young people | Other Awards | Printz Honor
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook

Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol I: The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation #1)

Author: Anderson, M. T.Part of a Series: Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED.
It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — are the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians’ fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments — and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson’s extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Varies per version - Recommended for 7-9 graders (Advanced Readers)

Genre/Category
Classics | Fantasy | Fiction | Horror | Science Fiction

Topic
Gothic | Monsters | Research | Science
Main Character
Man/Men
Format
Audiobook | Book | Ebook | Free Audiobook | Free Ebook | Video

Frankenstein

Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature’s hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.

Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than ever.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NA

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Mystery

Date
1900s | 1920s
Topic
Mystery | Nanny | Research | Science
Geographic Region
Cape Cod | Massachusetts | United States - America
Main Character
Girl(s)
Award-Winning Book
Newbery | Newbery Honor
Format
Book

Jane’s Island

Author: Allee, Marjorie

When seventeen-year-old Ellen comes to look after twelve-year-old Jane, she enjoys seaside and family life, and helps solve a bit of a mystery, in the scientific seaside village of Woods Hole, Cape Cod, during the nineteen twenties.

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2nd140-500L
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