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Serious Science

author: Smith, Janice Lee
Devastated when his little sister and his dog George demolish his science project on the solar system, Adam Joshua becomes ingenious and inventive in coming up with a last-minute replacement.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: science projects, schools, science [X], school stories [X]

Phineas L. Macguire-- Gets Slimed!

author: Dowell, Frances O'roark
When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment--cultivating exhibits for a mold museum.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: molds (fungi), science [X], elections, schools, friendship, school stories [X], large type books

The Frandidate

author: Benton, Jim
Determined to be elected class president, mad scientist Frannie K.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840

Attack Of The 50-ft. Cupid

author: Benton, Jim
Frannie tries to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant, Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally lets loose a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 112
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Lunch Walks Among Us

author: Benton, Jim
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710

Jake Drake, Know-it-all

author: Clements, Andrew
Jake is determined to win the third grade science fair not only for the grand prize, but to beat the annoying class know-it-alls, as well.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: science projects, schools, school stories [X], science [X], magnets, friendship

Phineas L. Macguire-- Erupts!

author: Dowell, Frances O'roark
Fourth-grade science wiz Phineas L. MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810

Ivy + Bean What's The Big Idea?

author: Barrows, Annie
When all the second grade students must enter the science fair, which has global warming as its theme, best friends Ivy and Bean team up to create an unusual project.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 125
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550

Science Verse

author: Scieszka, Jon
Presents a story about a teacher who tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything and a student is struck with a curse where he hears nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 134
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: science [X], poetry, schools, school stories [X]

Fade To Blue

author: Beaudoin, Sean
Eighteen-year-old Goth Sophie Blue, sensing that something is awry in her small town, begins to piece together the connections between her missing father, a scientific researcher at a local laboratory, and her high school's basketball star, Kenny.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

Leon And The Champion Chip

author: Kurzweil, Allen
Employing scientific methods learned in Mr. Sparks's class, fifth-grader Leon competes in a potato chip tasting contest and takes revenge against Lumpkin the bully.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Phineas L. Macguire-- Blasts Off!

author: Dowell, Frances O'roark
Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the dog's "slobber.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830

The Reinvention Of Edison Thomas

author: Houtman, Jacqueline
Middle schooler Eddy loves science and inventing, but has trouble with people.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: friendship, inventions, inventors, school stories [X], science [X]

Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist?

author: Parish, Herman
Housekeeper Amelia Bedelia wreaks havoc when she volunteers to help out at the school science fair.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 430

Argus

author: Knudsen, Michelle
Sally gets a strange egg when her teacher hands them out for a science project, and when it hatches into a green, scaly creature with yellow eyes, while all the other kids have fuzzy little chicks, Sally begins to wonder if she would be better off without him.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: science [X], chickens, dragons, animal babies, school stories [X]

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