Books recommended by the Hawaii State Public Library System:

“IF SHARKS DISAPPEARED”

By Lily Williams

Young readers can learn about conservation through this examination of what might happen if sharks were to become extinct.

A clever book about the importance of keeping sharks, and our oceans, healthy. Ages 6-10.

“BLOOD, BULLETS, AND BONES: THE STORY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE FROM SHERLOCK HOLMES TO DNA”

By Bridget Heos

A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood-spatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between.

Ages 14 and up.