Science Comics: Rocks and Minerals

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Writer Andy Hirsch
Artist Andy Hirsch
Cover Price $13.99

Leave no stone unturned with Andy Hirsch's Science Comics: Rocks and Minerals, the latest volume in First Second’s action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers!

In this volume, join a crystal-crazy fanboy and a famous rock hunter on a geological journey that will take them to the summit of a volcano, deep within the earth, and even into outer space! They'll learn about the unstoppable forces that shape our planet and they might even pick up a gemstone or meteorite along the way.

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic―dinosaurs, the solar system, more

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    The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell

    Jul 25, 2020

    As a once-hopeful geologist, I gravitated to wards this title as my introduction to the Science Comic line, and I am glad I picked it up.  However, I felt that this book would have benefitted from some chapters, something to break up the topics and allow for time to digest what was learned.  There are a lot of really visual yet abstract topics in geology - like plate tectonics, for one - so I felt natural stopping points would have helped. There’s also a statement about coal being better left in the ground that I imagine won’t sit too well with anyone from that industry, but truth hurts sometimes. Read Full Review

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