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Book

Astonishing bodies

Call Number

  • J 612 SAMU (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Crabtree Pubishing Company, [2013]

Physical Description

32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Audience

Grade 4-6.

Summary

A collection of astonishing mysteries about the human body--feats of strength, spontaneous combustion, human hibernation, sleepwalking, firewalkers, human pincushions, colored sweat, skin-shredding, human magnets, and feral, or wild, children.

Contents

  • Superhuman strength
  • Spontaneous combustion
  • Human hibernation
  • Sleepwalking
  • Walking on fire
  • Human pincushions
  • Wild children
  • Human magnets
  • Bionic bodies
  • Extra sensory perception
  • Elastic bodies
  • Holding the breath.

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