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Netters, With more intensive look into our own catalogue and a little help from my friends on LM_NET, this is a list of novels that incorporate scientific concepts that could be used by a grade 9 class, with varying reading levels=2E There are a few authors that seem to really fit this bill: Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, Isaac Asimov, etc=2E I'm sure there are many more books that would suit this category, but we now have a long enough list for our purposes=2E Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions= =2E Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Cloning Miranda by Carol Matas, cloning The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, cloning Timeline by Michael Crichton, time travel The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, virology Mr=2E Was by Pete Hautman, time travel Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen, time travel, adaptation to environment Ender=92s Game by Orson Scott Card, genetic engineering Redwork, by Michael Bedard, alchemy Spil, by Chester Aaron, environmentalism Big Burn by Lesley Choyce, environmentalism Justice of the Dagger by James Watson, environmentalism Eva by Dickinson, organ transplantation Dreamweaver by Louise Lawrence, pollution Site Dreams by S=2EM=2E Longbottom, pollution Spud Sweetgrass by Brian Doyle, pollution Let a River Be by Betty Sue Cummings, pollution The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell, forensic science Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The Ancient One by T=2EA=2E Barron, geology Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse, nuclear energy When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs, nuclear warfare Doomsday Plus Twelve by James Forman, nuclear warfare A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, nuclear warfare On the Beach by Nevil Shute, nuclear warfare Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Korman, surface tension, wave refraction Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell, forensic science I, robot by Isaac Asimov, robotics Mortal Fear by Robin Cook, genetic research Coma by Robin Cook, medical science Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, bats Firewing by Kenneth Oppel, bats The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor At Risk by Alice Hoffman Fantastic Voyage II by Isaac Asimov Mutation by Robin Cook Wildside by Stephen Gould Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston Blueprint by Charlotte Kerner The clones by Gloria Skurzynski=2E Fire-us #1: The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong Fire-us #2: The Keepers of the Flame by Jennifer Armstrong Fire-us #3: The Kiln by Jennifer Armstrong Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat (NONFICTION) Who really killed cock robin? by Jean Craighead George Things not seen by Clements Dr=2EFranklin's Island Boy who Reversed himself by Sleator A Bone From a Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson, archeology, paleontology Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, horticulture The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson, simple machines, physical science The Schernoff Discoveries by Gary Paulsen, atomic structure The Great Interactive Dream Machine by Richard Peck, computer technology, time trave= l Skellig by David Almond, evolution Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson, chemistry Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman, tornadoes The Big Burn by Jeanette Ingold, fire fighting, forest recovery Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, environmentalism Angela=92s Aliens by Janet Taylor Lisle, NASA UFO=92s There=92s an Owl in my Shower by Jean Craighead George, biodiversity The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse, marine biology ************************************************* Amy Johnston Library Technician Swift Current Comprehensive High School Swift Current, SK, Canada http://eec1=2Escedk12=2Ecom/edu/scchs/ ajohnston@scedk12=2Ecom =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-