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Building & Engineering Middle Grade – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Building & Engineering Middle Grade

Explore middle grade books about building & engineering for children.

23 books

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Professor Branestawm #1

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

Professor Branestawm's head is so full of wild inventions and brilliant ideas that he completely forgets ordinary life,

Cover of Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld

A fugitive prince and a girl disguised as a soldier meet aboard a massive airship as steam-powered machines clash with g

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The Toothpaste Millionaire

A quest to save money on basic supplies turns into a backyard business empire when Rufus decides to manufacture a gallon

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The Night War

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Jewish twelve-year-old Miriam hides at a French boarding school in 1942, until a midnight mission gives her a chance to

Ages 9–13

Cover of Into the Game!

Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles

Five players find themselves pulled from the real world into the Minecraft landscape, where they must build and survive

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A Series of Unfortunate Events #12

The Penultimate Peril

The Baudelaire orphans face harpoon guns, unsavory curry, and a notorious villain in this penultimate chapter of misery

Cover of The Wellington Avalanche, 1910

The Wellington Avalanche, 1910

Trapped on a stalled train during a relentless snowstorm, one young girl faces the terrifying power of America’s deadlie

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Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1

Wakanda’s essential Heart-Shaped Herbs are dying, and Princess Shuri must leave home on a high-stakes mission to find th

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The Borrowers #4

The Borrowers Aloft

A tiny family is snatched from their miniature home and trapped in an attic, forcing them to use every ounce of their wi

Cover of The Great Molasses Flood, 1919

The Great Molasses Flood, 1919

A massive tank of sticky molasses bursts in 1919 Boston, sending a deadly, fifteen-foot-tall wave through the streets of

Cover of Waste of Space

Moon Base Alpha #3

Thirteen-year-old Dash races against a ticking oxygen supply on Moon Base Alpha to uncover the truth behind a mysterious

Cover of A Rover's Story

A Rover's Story

Resilience, a robot built for Mars, begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from NASA scientists and navigate

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Robert McCloskey

Homer Price tangles with a runaway donut machine and uses a pet skunk to stop a group of bandits in these witty episodes

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The Green Glass Sea #1

The Green Glass Sea

Dewey travels across the country by train in 1943 to find her father, only to discover he is working on a top-secret gov

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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

A young man leaves the countryside for the bustling city of Chungking in the 1920s, finding adventure and a new life as

Cover of Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

A single split atom in a 1938 German lab sparks a global race involving desert scientists, Soviet spies, and daring comm

Cover of Rebels with a Cause

Max Einstein #2

Rebels with a Cause

James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein

Twelve-year-old genius Max Einstein uses her brilliant mind and secret connection to Albert Einstein to outwit kidnapper

Cover of The Gadget

Secrecy shrouds Los Alamos in 1945 as thirteen-year-old Stephen discovers the moral weight of the mystery project his fa

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Project Middle School

Alyssa Milano, Debbie Rigaud

Middle school is tough, but Hope Roberts is tougher as she uses her love of science to take a stand and make a real diff

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A Series of Unfortunate Events #10

The Slippery Slope

The Baudelaire orphans face snow gnats, a freezing mountain climb, and a villain's dastardly plan as they search for a s

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Minecraft: The Official Novels #2

Survival takes center stage as a hero leaves the safety of an island only to face the freezing, unforgiving peaks of a t

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The Marsh Road Mysteries #2

Spooks and Scooters

Blueprints for a high-tech invention are missing, and it is up to five best friends to solve the crime before a dream va

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After building a car from a kit, fourteen-year-old Terry drives alone from Cleveland to Portland, finding unexpected wis

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