Bionic Bodies

The first prosthetic limb was discovered in an Egyptian tomb. This simple technology allowed an amputee to walk again. Across 2,000 years, advances in materials, science, medicine, and computer science have led to the newest version of this life-changing technology: prosthetics that can be controlled by a person’s thoughts alone. In STEM Body: Bionic Bodies, readers will learn about this and other bionic technology, getting inside the incredible machines that can repair and augment human bodies. Get inspired to explore STEM fields after learning how bionic breakthroughs have led to transformational products!

At just 32 pages, Full Tilt Fast Reads help striving middle school readers build reading stamina and stay engaged with high-interest low-level content and dynamic topics.

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Leah Kaminsky is a physician and an award-winning writer. She combines a career treating patients in a busy general practice clinic, with writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She's been doing it for over three decades – all the while raising three children. Her debut novel The Waiting Room won the Voss Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Helen Asher Award. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.