meteorites

Describes meteorites and where they come from.

Do you know the difference between an ordinary rock and a meteorite? In this title, Star Powers helps her friends answer this question. Includes meteor facts and illustrations.

Early fluent readers will explore the science behind shooting stars and the differences between meteors and meteorites.

"A[n] . . . introduction to the science of meteorites, written by leading experts in the field . . . This fully illustrated guide reveals: what meteorites are; where meteorites come from; what they tell us about our solar system; [and] the latest information on key meteorite falls [and] explain[s] how meteorites provide us with invaluable information about planets beyond Earth--both within our solar system and around other stars . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Ten-year-old aspiring geologist Henry Bower investigates the meteorite that crash lands in the hayfield, discovering a rock that will change his family, his town, and even himself.

"After the PAW patrol gets mighty powers from a mysterious meteorite that lands in Adventure Bay, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew try to steal the meteorite and take over the city"--OCLC.

Simple text and illustrations present interesting facts about space rocks, comets, asteroids, meteorites.

Middle schooler Liberty likes to make her own maps of the stars, in fact she is obsessed with them, especially since her family is falling apart; her parents are getting divorced, her nine-year-old sister will barely leave the house and carries a stuffed tiger at all times, her father is suffering from depression, but will not talk about it, and the brothers down the street, once friends, have turned into bullies--so when a tiny meteorite literally falls in her lap it is like a sign, but a sign of what?.

"On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition's attempts to put man on the moon, as a calculator. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn't take long before Elma begins to wonder why they can't go into space, too. Elma's drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her"--OCLC.

In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac escapes from prison and returns to the farm where his nineteen-year-old son, Ry, must summon three childhood toys--Mr. Furrington, Jesus Christ, and Scowler--to protect himself, his eleven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their mother.