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Lawrence Community meeting is going online! June 13!
Younger students
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. After an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm and flash of electricity bring Frank's inventions—the robots Klink and Klank—to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his Antimatter Motor . . . until Frank's archnemesis, T. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan! This book is full of Jon Scieszka's usual wacky humor and real science concepts. Available as an ebook on OverDrive/ Libby.
Middle grade students
The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
One week after their eleventh birthday, the Fowl twins—scientist Myles, and Beckett, the force of nature—are left in the care of house security (NANNI) for a single night. In that time they befriend a troll who has clawed his way through the earth's crust to the surface. Unfortunately for the troll, he is being chased by a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun, who both need the magical creature for their own gain, as well as a fairy-in-training who has been assigned to protect him. The boys and their new troll best friend escape and go on the run. This companion series to the Artemis Fowl series is full of adventure and unusual characters. Available as an ebook on OverDrive/ Libby.
Older students
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes. A companion book to The Hunger Games -- it's a real page-turner! Available as an ebook and audiobook on OverDrive.
Online writing prompts
This site offers an intriguing image each day to give you ideas for writing. Some prompts are fantastical, some are set in reality, either type of prompt is sure to get your imagination working. If the image isn't enough for you, the creators of the site provide some questions below each image that might help engage your imagination.
Make a collage with Supriya Kelkar
This illustrator will show you her technique for making a beautiful collage.
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