Curious McCarthy's Power of Observation

By Tory Christie and Mina Price

Curious McCarthy, named after the famous scientist Marie Curie, has decided to become a scientist herself. Her first hypothesis: That her mischievous younger brother will get noticed before her proper oldest sister, Charlotte. Using footnotes filled with funny observations, Curious invites readers to read her observations about her first days at a new school with an old-fashioned teacher and her entertaining evenings at home with her six brothers and sisters. A fun experiment brings the science to life and a glossary and discussion and writing prompts provide reader support.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781515822547

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For Charlotte, Emily, Anne, John Glenn, Benjamin, and Edison. Especially for Charlotte. Although this is a work of fiction, sorry I made you so snotty.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

The McCarthys

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Science Stunt

Glossary

Further Inquiries

Record Your Findings

References

About the Author

About the Illustrator

Explore More

Copyright

Back Cover

THE MCCARTHYS

1

My life began in fourth grade. No, not really. It began on my birthday. But read on and you’ll find out why fourth grade made such an impact on my life.

I was going to a new school, even though we didn’t move. Our school district had redrawn boundary lines. I should say they hired experts to redraw boundary lines. This means they took out a map and drew lines around groups of houses.

These experts had me going to a new school across town. All of my friends stayed at our old school. I think my four-year-old brother Edison could have drawn better boundaries. He’s pretty good with a crayon.

I would start my fourth-grade year at Hilltop Elementary. And it wasn’t even at the top of a hill. How did this school come to be called Hilltop?

That was just one of the