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December 2025: Embrace Evolution

Embrace Evolution

NEA Read Across America Books and Resources December 2025

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Elementary

Elementary 

The History of We

By Nikkolas Smith

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Middle Grade

Middle Grade 

The Doomsday Detectives- How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction \

By Cindy Jenson-Elliott.

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Young Adult Level

Young Adult 

A Dangerous Idea- The Scopes Trial, The Original Fight Over Science in Schools

By Debbie Levy

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