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Nonfiction Readers 5: Mighty Micros: Little Things, Big Results
Mighty Micros: Little Things, Big Results is an expository text that explains the extraordinary power of some extraordinarily tiny things, such as atoms, DNA, bacteria, and phytoplankton. Readers also learn about nano-robots and...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Pop! Air and Water Pressure
Pop! Air and Water Pressure is an expository text about forces that act on our bodies, hydraulics, dams, turbines, weather, and atmospheric pressure. Readers also learn about the work of Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal. The style is...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Terror in the Tropics
Terror in the Tropics is an expository text about plants and animals that live in the tropics including snap traps, pitcher plants, sundews, stinging nettle trees, deadly flowers, frogs, jaguars, spiders, snakes, leeches, nocturnal animals, piranhas, and...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: The Cutting Edge: Breakthroughs in Technology
The Cutting Edge: Breakthroughs in Technology is an expository text about innovations in the past and innovations that we might see in the future. Readers learn about holograms, 3D printing, virtual reality, and bionic parts and are...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Unforgettable Catastrophes
Unforgettable Catastrophes is an expository text about some well-known catastrophes caused by humans, such as the Hindenburg disaster, Hiroshima, the Titanic, oil spills, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and Chernobyl. The style...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Unforgettable Natural Disasters
Unforgettable Natural Disasters is an expository text about natural disasters, including volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, famine, drought, and diseases. The style is informative and conversational. The book...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Unforgettable News Reports
Unforgettable News Reports is an expository text about how some of the biggest stories have been shared throughout time. The style is conversational and informative. A variety of sentence types is used. Information is presented by the main text,...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Vroom! Speed and Acceleration
Vroom! Speed and Acceleration is an expository text about what makes one thing faster than another. The text includes information on speed, measuring speed, velocity, how to make objects go faster, acceleration, Newton’s second law,...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Where Does Your Money Go?
Discover the different ways that people spend, save, and budget their money. Readers are introduced to important personal financial aspects such as savings accounts, putting together a budget and budget analysis, credit and debit cards, and taxes...
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Nonfiction Readers 5: Wild Work! Animal Trainers
Wild Work! Animal Trainers is an expository text about animal trainers including information on how to train animals, caring for animals, the risks of being an animal trainer, famous animal trainers, and an interview with an animal trainer...
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Nonfiction Readers 6: History of Comic Books
Bam! Pow! Zing! What do these words make you think of? If you answered a comic," then you already know a bit about comics. But there is so much more to know! Featuring comic book heroes and villains from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, this fun...
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Nonfiction Readers 6: History of Monster Movies
Vampires, werewolves, and aliens - oh my! The History of Monster Movies takes a thrilling look at the imaginary creatures that have scared audiences throughout the years. Featuring TIME content, this high-interest nonfiction...