My 16-year old niece, needs to get a book for school (she's a high school sophomore), something with some sort of "biology" topic in it, but it has to be a story, like where biology comes into play, not a book about facts. Any suggestions...........
2007-01-12 02:45:36 · 4 answers · asked by Bzl1 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I would suggest Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. It is a very exciting novel with a definite biological focus. Every other chapter is a true case from nature. But the rest is pure fiction. :)
2007-01-12 03:12:47 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'The Calcutta Chromosome' by Amitav Ghosh. It's a sort of medical mystery/thriller/creepy horror set in Calcutta, India, and recounts the events leading up to the discovery of the cure for malaria, a disease spread by mosquitos and rampant in India's crowded cities. (The British scientist who discovered the cure supposedly 'stumbled' upon it accidentally, sort of how we stumbled upon mold as an antibiotic. But the book suggests some other force besides accident - whether human or cosmic - was at work.)
2007-01-14 16:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Summer Hawk (I can't think of the author's name.It's about a teen girl who spends her summer helping out at a bird sanctuary after helping rescue a hawk with her boyfriend)
Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton Porter a teen girl spends her time in a swamp collecting insects, espcially moths. One of my favorite books. It was on my summer reading list when I was 15. I am glad I "had" to read it. Actually most of Porter's books have to do with nature.
2007-01-12 12:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to second the answer of Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. When I read your question that was the book that immediately came to mind.
2007-01-12 14:07:53 · answer #4 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋