Books For Middle Graders

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This Strange Quantum World & You
Patricia Topp

ISBN: 1-57733-035-8
64 pages, 17 illustrations
5.5" x 8.5"
Paper
$10.00

This Strange Quantum World & You is a book for those from 9 to 90 who wish to gain some understanding of the quantum world. The book suggests a few simple experiments to learn how the energy and the material part of our universe may work and that they are really different states of the same thing. We discover how information is carried in such a way as to make everything and everybody a part of a spiritual universe which is ONE. This leads children to a feeling of belonging. It also illustrates the necessity of watching how we think, speak, and act, so that we do a more responsible job of caring for our Earth and for each other.

"Patricia Topp has done a remarkable job of translating the language of quantum physics into one that a child can understand."

— Fritjof Capra, Author of The Tao of Physics

This book has garnered three rave recommendations
and has been rated five gold stars on Amazon.

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Call Him Father Nature
The Story of John Muir
Patricia Topp

ISBN: 1-57733-047-1
108 pages, 50 illustrations
5.5" x 8.5"
Paper
$8.95

Suitable for children from 8-12, the story follows the life of John Muir from age 8 to age 42. John Muir was an important figure in the field of conservation, founder of the Sierra Club, and advisor to presidents in protecting western lands from over development. He was a deeply spiritual man, who felt strongly about caring for plants and animals. He serves as a model of one who lived life free from fears and limitations. He found beauty even in such disasters of nature as winter storms and earthquakes.

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Barbara might have to attend a strict private school to learn responsibility. Summer camp offers her opportunities to succeed or fail at this and to see how each make her feel. She finally learns that A PROMISE IS TO KEEP.

About the Book

Barbara Kay tells her friend, Nancy, the good news - that she can go to camp, and the bad news - that she may not go to Eastpointe High with her. She doesn't know why. Nancy guesses that it is because she can't always be counted on. The girls shop for camp clothes. Barbara spots a carnival and gambles the money that should have been spent for camp treats. To earn money for camp, she takes cousin Teddy to a magic show. She decides being responsible is no fun.

The girls are taken to camp and meet their cabin mates. They become guides for a Cambodian girl, Tran Duc. She gets a hit playing baseball, and the girls scream, "Run." She does; she runs and hides. Barbara is commended because she runs for adult help in the situation.

Denise pushes Barbara in at swimming test time. Barbara gets angry because she can't swim. Her counselor tells her, "Every person you meet and every situation has a lesson you can choose to learn, or not."

Barbara helps a messy campmate, and she begins to understand how her mother feels when she does not take care of her belongings.

Barbara and Karen arrange to trade jobs. Barbara forgets. Both are restricted, and have to write notes about what they should have done differently. Barbara finally writes that she learned she must keep her promises.

During a scavenger hunt, Tran Duc is injured far from camp. Barbara shows her ability to act responsibly by using her compass to take a shortcut back to camp for help. The night of the last campfire she is given a surprise honor.

She ignores a deadline for packing her bedroll. While laboriously toting her pack to the parking lot, she thinks about how learning to be dependable is kind of a zigzag path. Do you think that people are going to be able to depend on Barbara in the future? More importantly, do you think she will be able to depend on herself?

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