Books like Lost star by Patricia Lauber

Stephen Hawking explores the cutting edge of theoretical physics in layman’s terms, guiding readers through the mysteries that shape our universe.

A clear, kid‑friendly guide that explains the science of stars and explores how people from different cultures and eras have imagined and understood them.

A touching biography for young readers that traces Helen Keller’s journey from a blind‑deaf childhood in America to becoming an internationally admired author, activist, and symbol of perseverance.

A charming picture book that celebrates the magic of stars—whether glittering in the night sky, hopeful on a plant, or tucked in a pocket to bring comfort on shiny days.

A young readers’ biography that tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the pioneering American woman aviator who vanished over the Pacific during her 1937 world flight.

Over half a century after Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared into the South Pacific, could the tantalizing mystery of what really happened to her and her navigator, Fred Noonan, be finally solved? Randall Brink, a former airline pilot and aviation editor who is also experienced in the ways of the Washington bureaucracy, has spent ten years of pains-taking research in voluminous, still-classified military and government files to find an answer. After many dead ends, suits against a reluctant government, interviews with witnesses willing to talk for the first time, and forays into equatorial islands of the Pacific, Brink has unearthed documents and photographs that provide strong new evidence about the circumstances of the last flight. Using his aviation background to reinterpret photographs and technical data that have been misunderstood until now, he has meticulously pieced together the truth: Amelia Earhart disappeared while on an espionage mission over Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, a mission undertaken at the specific behest of the United States government. How that mission came about and why it has been covered up for more than fifty years is the fascinating story of Lost Star.

Discusses the life of the pilot who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by herself in a plane.