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John Wesley Powell

soldier, scientist, and explorer
2003
A biography of explorer John Wesley Powell, chronicling his life as a soldier and scientist.

John Wesley Powell

2004
Discusses the life and work of John Wesley Powell, an American geologist and anthropologist who explored the Colorado and Green Rivers.

Women scientists who changed the world

2012
Readers meet eleven women scientists, whose research and discoveries are outstanding in their fields, in this inspiring collective biography.

The kid who named Pluto

and the stories of other extraordinary young people in science
2004
A collection of profiles of children and young adults whose scientific inventions made an impact on the world, including Louis Braille who discovered a way for the blind to read and write.

The invisible man

2010
A graphic novel based on the H.G. Wells classic, in which a quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone.

Z for Zachariah

2007
Seemingly the only person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a young girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.

Whales on stilts

2006
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.

George Washington Carver

ingenious inventor
2006
Tells the life story of African-American botanist George Washington Carver in graphic novel format, describing his childhood as a slave and orphan, his experiences in college, and his discoveries about peanuts and sweet potatoes.

The invisible man

2003
A scientist who has discovered how to make his body invisible, becomes violently insane when he realizes he cannot change back to visible form.

Thomas A. Edison

the world's greatest inventor
2000
Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and patents for numerous other inventions and innovations.

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