Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Pour a pint of pure knowledge with Stacy McAnulty’s narrative nonfiction masterpiece, Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink. Set in a vegan vampire smoothie shop, this amusing and informative book breaks down the complex cardiovascular system into accessible, child-friendly steps.
What if the next step in human evolution had been hiding in plain sight all along? In Phalaina, Alice Brière-Haquet blends historical fiction, science fiction, and mystery into a haunting adventure set in Victorian England.
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.