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It sounds like a horror movie: microscopic vampires entering your feet and stealing your strength. Gail Jarrow uncovers the medical mystery of the hookworm parasite that devastated the American South. Blending gross-out science with fascinating social history, this book reveals how one scientist’s discovery fought both a disease and a deadly stereotype.
Can you outrun your own story? A survivor of a school shooting moves to a town where the internet is illegal to find a quiet place to heal. Hilarious, heartbreaking, and deeply empathetic, this story of a neurodivergent friendship and a very unique family proves that you can find light in the darkest of times.
Marissa Moss brings to life the inspiring story of physicist Lise Meitner, the woman who discovered nuclear fission but refused to help create the atomic bomb. This engaging biography highlights Meitner’s courage, intellect, and moral conviction as she defied sexism and anti-Semitism to change the world.
City smarts meet country secrets. In Holler of the Fireflies, Javari’s summer at STEM camp turns into a life-changing journey through injustice, friendship, and finding your voice—even when things get messy.
Like the assassination of JFK, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in twentieth century history, one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future.