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Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee, is a science-fiction adventure inspired by Korean folklore. The story is filled with shape-shifting spirits, goblins, and mystical objects. Dragon Pearl is one of TFK’s 10 recommended reads this summer. After we made our…
Protesters in Hong Kong gathered in large numbers on Monday. They staged demonstrations at shopping malls, at government offices, and on a major highway. In many places, the protests grew chaotic. Dozens of people were arrested. Police officers released tear…
How do you choose your friends? What do your friends say about who you are? These are some of the questions posed in The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School, by KRISTIN MAHONEY. In the novel, Gus enters middle…
A team of paleontologists in France announced last week that they had uncovered the bone of one of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived. It is likely the thighbone, or femur, of a sauropod. Sauropods were plant-eating dinosaurs with long…
NASA’s new satellite, TESS, is succeeding on its mission. It has found new planets outside our solar system. TESS stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. It has discovered three planets in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth. That may…
On Monday, millions of people in Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours. The event was part of the country’s Green Legacy Initiative. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched the initiative in May. He hopes to reverse the…
My Corner of the Ring is a memoir written by 12-year-old boxer Jesselyn Silva. Jesselyn started boxing at age 7. She’s one of only a few girls who box competitively in the United States. My Corner of the Ring is…
There are 24 people running to become the Democratic nominee for president. Only one will be the party’s pick. That person will go up against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The next step of the competition will take…
Willa Grover likes to read, likes routines, loves dogs, hates slimy food. She has a wonderful best friend, Ruby, who’s in her class at school. But in Not If I Can Help It, Willa’s life is turned upside down when…
The governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, will resign from office on August 2. His announcement comes after two weeks of mass protests on the island. Residents have been demanding that Rosselló step down. Rosselló announced the decision in a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Huck Paisley, 12, and rising pop star Rita Angel Taylor, 11, are busy kids, to say the least. When they’re not attending conferences or filming music videos, they’re fighting for what they believe in. Huck and Rita…
Large retail stores are already gearing up for Halloween. But many of the costumes they sell aren’t suitable for everyone. Children with disabilities often have a hard time finding costumes that fit their needs. One big brand is doing its…
Greystone Secrets: The Strangers is the first book in a new series from author Margaret Peterson Haddix. The story opens with a mystery, and takes many twists and turns as it races toward a conclusion. The Strangers is one of…
Mariano Rivera stepped to the podium and the crowd chanted his name. The retired New York Yankee spoke in both English and Spanish to the 55,000 people who turned out in Cooperstown, New York, on Sunday. It was the second-largest…
The Lion King is about Simba, a young lion prince. Simba must overcome tragedy and take his rightful place as the king of Pride Rock. Along the way, he escapes ferocious hyenas, makes new friends, and faces his uncle in…
Visitors to the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine, expected to see a collection of historic streetcars. On Tuesday, they got an additional, unexpected treat. A rare albino porcupine scuttled across the museum’s lawn. At first, museumgoers misidentified the fluffy…
People across the country have been sweating through heat waves this summer. New research suggests they should get used to it. Why? Climate change may make extreme heat conditions more common in almost every part of the country. This is…
Three reels of videotape from NASA’s Apollo 11 mission will be sold at Sotheby’s auction house on Saturday, July 20. That’s the moon landing’s 50th anniversary. Sotheby’s says the videos are “the only surviving first-generation recordings of the historic moon…
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11. That’s the NASA mission that first landed people on the moon. In the graphic novel Rocket to the Moon! , Don Brown tells the story of the mission…
A storm struck the southern United States this weekend. It brought heavy rain, which led to flooding in parts of Louisiana. Communities there had expected a hurricane. But the storm was downgraded to a tropical storm once it hit land…
