I was recently reading the January/February 2023 issue of "Science Scope" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read an article on the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students in 2023.

Here are the 7 books selected as outstanding for middle school students:

• Antarctica: A Melting Continent

• Oceanarium: Welcome to the Museum

• Salmon: Swimming for Survival

• The Code Breaker — Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code

• Animal Allies: 15 Amazing Women in Wildlife Research

• How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps

• The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner