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MyLibraryNYC_Engaging Narrative STEM Non-Fiction for Middle School

Great non-fiction can be just as narrative and engaging as other kinds of reading. If you need engrossing, informative, interesting non-fiction reads for your middle schoolers, look no further. Titles are mostly (but not all) STEM-related.

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The plant hunters
Anita Silvey.
Format:

1170L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780374309084/

Clueless in the kitchen
by Evelyn Raab ; [illustrations, George A. Walker].
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Years of dust
Albert Marrin.
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1040L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780525420774/

The sky sailors
David L. Bristow.
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850L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780374370145/

Within reach
Mark Pfetzer & Jack Galvin.
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970L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780439086509/

Whaling season
Peter Lourie.
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NC1150L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780618777099/ These NC or "Non-Conforming" books have a Lexile measure markedly higher than is typical for the intended audience or designated developmental level of the book.The NC code is useful when matching high-ability readers with a book that's still at an appropriate developmental level.

Blizzard of glass
Sally M. Walker.
Format:

1100L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780805089455/

The secret of the yellow death
by Suzanne Jurmain.
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1010L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780618965816/

The boy who harnessed the wind
William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer ; pictures by Elizabeth Zunon.
Format:

910L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780803735118/

The new way things work
David Macaulay, with Neil Ardley.
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1180L - http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780395938478/