Darwin Awards: Intelligent Design

Author: Wendy Northcutt
Recommended Age: 10 +
Publisher:  Plume; Reprint edition 
ISBN:  0452288800 
Year Published: 2007
No. Pages: 292
Genre: Informational
Main Character Gender:Mixed
Read & Reviewed by: Hunter

This book is the fourth in the Darwin Awards series that celebrate the men and woman who removed themselves from our gene pool through stupidity. In their minds, sharks don’t bite, people can fly and driving a motorcycle with their feet makes perfect sense. Most of us use common sense, Darwin Award winners do not. To win, nominees must eliminate themselves in shockingly stupid ways. The Darwin Awards are based on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and survival of the fittest.  Award winners are clearly not the ‘’fittest’’ The nominees are scored and reviewed according to a series of reviews.

Discovering the Iceman

Author: Shelly Tanaka
Recommended Age: All Ages
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 0-590-24950-9
Year Published: 1996
No. Pages: 48
Genre: Informational
Main Character Gender: Male
Read & Reviewed by: Aaron


How would you react if you found a 5,300 year old man in the ice?

Discovering the Iceman tells about the 1991 discovery, identification, and study of a Stone Age man, and his belongings, that were preserved in a glacier.

This informational book is divided into three sections: the first one describes how the Iceman was discovered and the first reactions; the second section is a tale based on how the Iceman is speculated to have died as well as recounting a possible version of his life . The third section describes how the discovery of the Iceman has contributed to scientific research.

Heroes of the Holocaust: True Stories of Rescues by Teens

Author: Allan Zullo & Mara Bovsun
Recommended Age: 12 +
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0-439-67608-8
Year Published: 2005
No. Pages: 183
Genre: Informational
Main Character Gender: Mixed
Read & Reviewed by: Nicole


 
Do stories about the holocaust capture your attention and heart? Would you want to read a book about real teens rescuers who help others escape harm?

The Heroes of the Holocaust includes the stories of six teens who live in different parts of Europe such like France, Denmark, Poland, and Holland and risk their lives to save innocent people during World War II. Some almost lost their lives and everything they had, to save the lives of others.

Grossology

Author: Sylvia Branzei
Illustrator: Jack Keely  
Recommended Age: 9 +
Publisher: Price Stern Sloan Merch
ISBN-10: 0843149140
ISBN-13: 978-0843149142
Year Published: 2002
No. Pages: 80
Genre: Informational
Read & Reviewed by: Mia


 Can there be a gross, hilarious informational book? The answer is yes. There can be and there is one - Grossology. This is an non-fiction book about revoltin, yet scientifically accurate information.

By reading it you will learn about dandruff, bad breathe, zits, poop, and eye gunk. I learned that dandruff doesn't cause baldness and that if you eat lots of beets your pee turns red. All this disgusting, and at times stomach-turning information is oddly appealing yet uproarious.

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