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Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth

by: Nicola Davies

illustrated by: Emily Sutton

Hardcover - Candlewick

Dewey: 577 AR: 3.7 Lexile: 600L

ISBN: 9780763694838 Genre: Nonfic

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Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

by: Elizabeth Rusch

photos by: Karin Anderson

Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 551.3/97 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1070L

ISBN: 9780544671591 Genre: Nonfic

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Life on Surtsey, Iceland's Upstart Island

by: Loree Griffin Burns

Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 577.5/2094912 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1090L

ISBN: 9780544687233 Genre: Nonfic

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Meet Cindy Sherman: Artist, Photographer, Chameleon

by: Jan Greenberg

Sandra Jordan

Hardcover - Macmillan

Dewey: 770.92 B AR: 5.8 Lexile: 920L

ISBN: 9781626725201 Genre: Nonfic

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Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest

by: Sy Montgomery

photographed by: Keith Ellenbogen

Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 577.0981/1 AR: 7 Lexile: 1050L

ISBN: 9780544352995 Genre: Nonfic

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Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth

by: Nicola Davies

illustrated by: Emily Sutton

Hardcover - Candlewick

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Impact!: Asteroids and the Science of Saving the World

by: Elizabeth Rusch

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Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 551.3/97 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1070L ISBN: 9780544671591

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Life on Surtsey, Iceland's Upstart Island

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Dewey: 577.5/2094912 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1090L ISBN: 9780544687233

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Meet Cindy Sherman: Artist, Photographer, Chameleon

by: Jan Greenberg

Sandra Jordan

Hardcover - Macmillan

Dewey: 770.92 B AR: 5.8 Lexile: 920L ISBN: 9781626725201

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Dewey: 577.0981/1 AR: 7 Lexile: 1050L ISBN: 9780544352995

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