Top Secret
Danny Says
Probably every fourth or fifth grader has read Gardiner’s popular Stone Fox about a boy’s dog sled race in Alaska. This is the one I prefer, though, as it is the funny and educational tale of a boy who decides to discover human photosynthesis and enter his findings into the school science fair. Young Allen ingests a ton of magnesium and soon loses his taste buds and craves sunlight, and the government does not want anyone to know that he has, indeed, discovered human photosynthesis. This book will get reluctant readers reading and teach them a thing or two about science while they eagerly laugh and flip pages.