Entering Grade 7

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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Google It: A History of Google
by Anna Crowley Redding
​​Larry Page and Sergey Brin started out as two Stanford college students with a wild idea: They were going to organize the world's information. From that one deceptively simple goal, they created one of the most influential and innovative companies in the world.
Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
by Karen Lang
With a foreword by Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine’s inaugural Kid of the Year, this engaging guide from MITeen Press teaches anyone to design and publish their own apps—no experience necessary!—and introduces young app creators from around the world. ​
American Murderer: The Parasite that Haunted the South
by Gail Jarrow
What made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centuries? This exciting medical mystery uncovers the secrets of the parasite hookworm, commonly known as the “American Murderer,” and is the latest title in Gail Jarrow’s (YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award-winning author) Medical Fiascoes series.
How to Give up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time
by Will McCallum
An accessible guide to the changes we can all make—small and large—to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world’s oceans.
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs
​ by Gail Jarrow
Formaldehyde, borax, salicylic acid. Today, these chemicals are used in embalming fluids, cleaning supplies, and acne medications. But in 1900, they were routinely added to food that Americans ate from cans and jars. This book explores the history leading up to the creation of the FDA―Food and Drug Administration.
Blood, Bullets and Bones: the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA
by Bridget Heos
A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between.
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
by Patrik Svensson
Did you know that no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth? Did you know that no one knows how they live in freshwater for years only to swim back out to sea at the end of their lives.? An exploration of these mysterious creatures, as well as their relationship to the hum condition. 
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
by Gail Jarrow
How did one woman infect numerous people with typhoid in the early 1900s? 
The Soul of an Octopus
by Sy Montgomery
The author spends time at the Boston aquarium and develops a special relationship with each of the Aquarium's eight legged residents, and finds that they each have a personality all their own. 
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