Gut-Wrenching Gravity and Other Fatal Forces

April 1, 2013
Grades 3-6 Part of the Disgusting & Dreadful Science series, this title supplies some of the basics about the fearsome force known as gravity. Those titillated by the title will be further drawn by the snazzily designed pages, short patches of creatively arranged text, colorful illustrations, and plenty of white space. The awesome factsa mouse can survive a 328-foot fall, black holes have superstrong gravity that causes spaghettification, and much moreshould keep readers glued to the pages. The information is a bit random, and the abrupt ending with no sense of wrap-up confirms this, but this presentation will get the brain ticking and lead to more in-depth research. Blue boxes point out yucky facts and feature easily doable experiments to further investigate some of the aspects of gravity.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)