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2016 YALSA Best Fiction List

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June 29, 2016

Unrequired Reading

S.T.E.M. and Stuff!

Danger!

Careers for tech girls in science

The science and technology behind the human genome project

Internship & volunteer opportunities for science and math wizards

Just In Time (Travel) Stories

Once Upon A Kiss

The Reluctant Assassin

The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare

Subway Love

Teens with Something Extra

Zeroes

Max

The Lab

False Memory

Girl Genius!

Girl Genius [vol. 1], Agatha Heterodyne & the Beetleburg Clank: a Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance & Mad Science

Girl Genius [vol. 2], Agatha Heterodyne & the Airship City : a Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance & Mad Science

Girl Genius [vol.3], Agatha Heterodyne & the Monster Engine : a Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance & Mad Science

Girl Genius [vol. 4], Agatha Heterodyne & the Circus of Dreams : a Gaslamp Fantasy with Adventure, Romance & Mad Science

Fall Mysteries and Adventure

All Fall Down

The Accidental Highwayman : being the tale of Kit Bristol, his horse Midnight, a mysterious princess, and sundry magical persons besides

Conversion

Evil Librarian

The Tripods!

When the Tripods Came

The White Mountains

The City of Gold and Lead

The Pool of Fire

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Art

Library Databases
Library Books on Art History
Timeline of Art History - From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Biographies

Library Databases
BBC Historic Figures
PBS Biographies
Portrait Gallery - A selection of portraits of historical figures from the University of Texas at Austin.
National Women's Hall of Fame
Presidents of the United States

Books & Authors

Library Databases
Native American Authors - From the Internet Public Library

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Geography

Library Atlases
Index of Countries - From the Library of Congress
Facts about the United States - From the Internet Public Library
CIA World Fact Book

History

Library Databases
Library of Congress - Search the digital collection of American history
Our Documents - Explore 100 milestone documents of American history

Language Arts

Absolute Shakespeare - A great source of information on William Shakespeare’s life and letters.
Cliffs Notes - Study guides can be read for free
Citing resources: APA Style, Chicago Style and the MLA Style.

Math

Khan Academy - Library of videos that covers K-12 math and science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics.
Web Math - Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment.

Performing Arts

Library of Congress - Research resources for dance, theater, and music.

Poetry & Quotations

Library Databases
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Over 11,000 searchable quotations from the 1909 edition of Bartlett's quotes.
Poets.org - The Academy of American Poets

Science

Library Databases
Library Books about Science Projects
Khan Academy - Library of videos that covers K-12 math and science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics.
Encyclopedia of Earth - Find news and information on everything under the sun.
Encyclopedia of Life - Find basic, or detailed, information on every known species.
PBS NOVA - documentaries about science from PBS

Test Preparation

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AAUW Scholarship

The Carlisle Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers a Higher Education Scholarship for a qualifying Cumberland County woman college student. More information here.