I am thrilled to have discovered the Simon Bloom series by Michael Reisman. They are exciting stories for middle schoolers that weave in scientific concepts.
I wrote in my last post that I am working to beef up Bug's science learning for the semester. He is the biggest bookworm ever to talk the planet, making living books the best way for him to learn almost any topic. He prefers audio books. He loves fantasy and science fiction. When he runs out of new books, he will re-read his favorite books (Artemis Fowl, Magnus Chase), but he becomes increasingly bored and restless and then has to be convinced to try new ones. Bug lives on interesting and exciting books.
In my googling, I came upon Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper. I read the description to Bug, and he frowned and said it sounded too dramatic, but he did reluctantly agree to try it. This was yesterday afternoon. As of this morning, he has finished the 7-hour book and asked to download the next one in the series, Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect. The three books together take around 25 hours to listen to. So three days for Bug. Yes, he's quite the bookworm, and I'm very proud of him.
There is one more book in the series (Simon Bloom: The Order of Chaos), and I'm hoping he'll retain his excitement and read that one as well. I'm delighted at this addition to Bug's 6th grade science learning.
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