The Scientific Sleuths: ATHEROSCLEROSIS ATTACK:
Traffic Jam in Your Arteries
Twelve-year-old Victor Valens and his eleven-year-old cousin Sal Sultus
live on opposite sides of the country, until Sal and her mother move
next door to the Valenses. Victor is a tech-savvy know-it-all. Sal, a
science geniusin her own right, is dealing with the death of her father
while adjusting to a new home. Victordoesn’t make the move any easier
for Sal. In fact, their relationship is tumultuous to say the least.
When their grandpa gets sick, their world is shaken. They try to
understand the disease that has struck him and determine that
theunderlying cause is a deadly disease with a big word,
atherosclerosis.“Atherosclerosis Attack by Dr. Cate Moriasi and Dr.
Kathleen Coughlan is a fun, light-heartedread on a very serious and
important topic. The story is well laid out, with a fun,
futuristictechnological twist. The authors do a great job taking a
complex subject with detailed medicalcomponents, and frame it in an
understandable and relatable way."~Caitlin, Community Outreach Director
WE ARE GOD
BY
JORDAN MUND
The Old Man, as he’s now known, was born during a time when Mortals and
Immortals coexisted. He knew many of them, but that was 400 years ago.
Before the revolution. Before they were all exterminated. Since then
he’s been living day to day, trying to maintain the memories he has of
them. His world, in what has been dubbed the Eternal Era, is one that
never changes. No one dies, but no one is born, either. A world frozen
in banality. Eventually, the Old Man takes matters into his own hands
after discovering a way to reverse his immortality. Now nearing the end
of his life, he sits down to write his memoir, to tell about all those
friends he loved so dearly, to explain why he did what he did and what
it means for humanity’s future.
THE BETTER ANGELS
BY
BETTE BONO
Aggie May, newly and unhappily retired from teaching, fears dementia
when she begins to see visions from the past, like a 1950s-era Super
Constellation at JFK airport and World War II soldiers at Grand Central
Terminal. Then she gets a recruitment visit from Abe Irving of the
American Association of Remarkable Persons (“the other AARP”) who
explains she has developed the ability to travel through time. Soon
Aggie joins other “Remarkables” on a mission to nineteenth-century New
York City in an effort to locate a missing photographic portrait of
Abraham Lincoln created by the Civil War photographer Mathew Brady.
While learning the rules and limits of time travel, Aggie faces the
possibility that she may have both extraordinary power and extraordinary
vulnerability. Aggie and Abe, two stubborn and independent people, must
struggle to come to an understanding over how and when to take risks,
including emotional risks.
