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Building & Engineering Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
9 books about building & engineering
Age
0–2
3–5
6–8
9–12
13+
Format
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Graphic Novels
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #12
The Penultimate Peril
Lemony Snicket
The Baudelaire orphans face harpoon guns, unsavory curry, and a notorious villain in this penultimate chapter of misery
Ages 9–13
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
The Green Glass Sea #1
The Green Glass Sea
Ellen Klages
Dewey travels across the country by train in 1943 to find her father, only to discover he is working on a top-secret gov
Ages 10–14
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
Ages 10–14
The Car
Gary Paulsen
After building a car from a kit, fourteen-year-old Terry drives alone from Cleveland to Portland, finding unexpected wis
Ages 12–16
Bomb #1
Bomb
Steve Sheinkin
A single split atom in a 1938 German lab sparks a global race involving desert scientists, Soviet spies, and daring comm
Ages 10–16
The Gadget
Paul Zindel
Secrecy shrouds Los Alamos in 1945 as thirteen-year-old Stephen discovers the moral weight of the mystery project his fa
Ages 10–14
A Series of Unfortunate Events #10
The Slippery Slope
Lemony Snicket
The Baudelaire orphans face snow gnats, a freezing mountain climb, and a villain's dastardly plan as they search for a s
Ages 10–14
Leviathan #1
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
Ages 10–14