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Building & Engineering Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit
24 books about building & engineering
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The Borrowers #4
The Borrowers Aloft
Mary Norton
A tiny family is snatched from their miniature home and trapped in an attic, forcing them to use every ounce of their wi
Ages 8–12
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1
Shuri
Nic Stone
Wakanda’s essential Heart-Shaped Herbs are dying, and Princess Shuri must leave home on a high-stakes mission to find th
Ages 8–12
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
I Survived #19
The Great Molasses Flood, 1919
Lauren Tarshis
A massive tank of sticky molasses bursts in 1919 Boston, sending a deadly, fifteen-foot-tall wave through the streets of
Ages 8–12
Moon Base Alpha #3
Waste of Space
Stuart Gibbs
Thirteen-year-old Dash races against a ticking oxygen supply on Moon Base Alpha to uncover the truth behind a mysterious
Ages 8–12
Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles
Into the Game!
Nick Eliopulos
Five players find themselves pulled from the real world into the Minecraft landscape, where they must build and survive
Ages 7–11
A Rover's Story
Jasmine Warga
Resilience, a robot built for Mars, begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from NASA scientists and navigate
Ages 8–12
Homer Price #1
Homer Price
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
Ages 8–12
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
I Survived #22
The Wellington Avalanche, 1910
Lauren Tarshis
Trapped on a stalled train during a relentless snowstorm, one young girl faces the terrifying power of America’s deadlie
Ages 8–12
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
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
Ages 8–12
Tom Swift #11
Tom Swift in the City of Gold
Victor Appleton
Deep in a remote area of Mexico, Tom Swift discovers a lost underground city filled with gold, but escaping the treacher
Ages 8–12
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
Hope #1
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
Ages 8–12
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
Minecraft: The Official Novels #2
The Mountain
Max Brooks
Survival takes center stage as a hero leaves the safety of an island only to face the freezing, unforgiving peaks of a t
Ages 8–12
The Marsh Road Mysteries #2
Spooks and Scooters
Elen Caldecott
Blueprints for a high-tech invention are missing, and it is up to five best friends to solve the crime before a dream va
Ages 8–12
Professor Branestawm #1
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Norman Hunter
Professor Branestawm's head is so full of wild inventions and brilliant ideas that he completely forgets ordinary life,
Ages 7–11
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
The Toothpaste Millionaire
Jean Merrill
A quest to save money on basic supplies turns into a backyard business empire when Rufus decides to manufacture a gallon
Ages 8–12
