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Learn about coronavirus and how it is affecting everyone through the adventures of Mae and Clinton, students and special recruits of the Galactic Academy of Sciences. They will travel through space and time, along with their own personal "Dudette" (mentor) from the future, Selectra Volt, to discover the science and math behind the pandemic.

In this addition to the New York Times bestselling series, learn how incredible activists made the public aware of AIDS and spurred medical breakthroughs. In the early 1980s, the first cases of a devastating and fatal new disease appeared, a disease that at first struck only gay men and was...

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now, Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope. Then he meets Max, a 13-year-old American boy from Washington, DC. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.

Young listeners will experience some world-stopping events with these informative books. They will learn about the origins, spread, and timelines of ebola, Spanish flu, COVID-19, and more.