Riley helps save a pod of dolphins, with assistance from a marine biologist, when the animals become trapped in a lagoon on the South Pacific island of Moorea.
being an excursion to the wilds of Scotland, involving many marvels of experimental invention, pirates, a heroic cat, a mechanical man and a monkey
Whitehouse, Howard
2008
Fourteen-year-old Emmaline Cayley, her friend, and Princess Purnah of Chiligrit try to avoid the government's attempts to return Purnah to her school and a man who collects mad scientists and wants to capture the children.
After a lightning bolt hits Doctor Eclair's lab, the rats develop strange new powers, which enable them to help Doctor Eclair with his work, and save three baby rats who get into a lot of mischief.
how we can use science to read the early-warning signs
Fisher, Len
2011
Draws on ecology, biology, mathematics, and physics to explain how people can use science to expect and predict the unexpected in their daily lives and in a larger, global context.
Fourteen tales describe the scientific procedures used by a variety of scientists, including Pasteur and George Washington Carver, to make significant discoveries and breakthroughs in scientific knowledge.
A biography of American stateman, founding father, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin that describes the contributions he made including the Franklin stove, bifocal lenses, and the lightning rod.
