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2016 selection · Young readers

Ada Twist, Scientist

by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts

NPR Books We Love · Recommendation

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, funny stuff, it’s all geek to me, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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