Emmet Roche is an odd ball, a whippersnapper, a genius. His failed science experiments caused such ruckus he's being shipped out to the country school. Nobody there likes or understands him. When the blizzard of 1888 hits, snowing sideways, will anyone listen to his ideas about the flame color in the stove? And the headaches and dizziness? Will they take his advice before it's too late? Filled with historical accuracy and heartwarming characters, this engaging story is embedded with science concepts. It transports the reader back to a time when children had freedom and time to act on their natural curiosity in order to learn how the world works. Judy McKee Columnist - NSTA Reports National Science Teachers Association In this book by Rubino (Peppino and the Streets of Gold, 2016, etc.), Emmet Roche is a little boy unlike any other in his rural farming town...And while other children hone their farming skills, Emmet, much to the dismay of his father and teachers, conducts experiments. Everywhere he looks, he sees a puzzle to be solved or an idea to be tested. And he'll do anything to do so, no matter how messy--or downright dangerous--it gets.- Kirkus Reviews For kids who "don't like science" a story that will change their mind. Long before STEM and STEAM the kids who already loved science, got it. They ate it up then and they still do today. But what about the history fans? Or kids who just want a good story? They can read "Emmet's Storm," enjoy it and be infected with the excitement of scientific discovery. That is what STEM and STEAM is about. Getting kids interested in science who might otherwise not be. And that is why this book won the 2017 Best STEM Book award, one of only two novels in the country to do so. About Emmet: There have always been quirky, "different" kids who didn't quite fit in but were very intelligent. Often they were obsessed with science. In the 1880's, Emmet Roche was such a kid, like many I have taught. Writing the book I imagined how one of my smart but atypical students would have lived and coped before the turn of the century, when all the cutting edge technology was in things we take for granted today. The "experiments" that were ground-breaking for  him are now a normal part of intermediate science classes. The very real Children's Blizzard of 1888 gave him a chance to show how useful his scientific speculations were. Emmet's Storm is one of the six winners chosen for Children's Book Council/NSTA's Best STEM Book of 2017. "Some 40 years after Edison's own birth, Emmet Roche typifies all the characteristics of a young Thomas Edison himself. As Emmet evolves from the atypical boy who is only marginally tolerated in small town Iowa, to becoming the hero of the day, is truly an inspiring story every young boy or girl would love to read. I can only imagine how many youthful minds Emmet Roche may lead down the path of scientific observation." Peter Scariano Author Adjunct instructor-Lewis University Retired middle school science teacher As a child Ann Rubino read every book she could get her hands on, her favorites being the little orange biographies her mother gave her every Christmas. That began her lifelong love of learning. She gathered it first for herself, then to share with her children, and later to share with her students and other teachers. During those years she realized that many modern children are drawn to adventure, but often of a very fictional sort.  It is monsters over inventors, superheroes over real ones. She wants to change that. While Ann was teaching professionally, she won the OHAUS Award for innovations in science teaching; took part in the creation of the New Generation Science Standards; sat on the review board of Science & Children magazine; and worked as a consultant for the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago. She holds her MT(ASCP), B.A.Ed., and M.S. Ed. and an Endorsement in Gifted Education. Once retired, she reviewed many children's books for the Recommends division of Science & Children and continued her work on the review board. But a teacher is what one is, not only what one does, so she's working to fill in that gap--stories of ordinary kids in real historic situations. Her classes of young gifted students always wanted to know what kids' lives were like in other times. Reading stories, they absorbed so much information about places, languages, customs and inventions. Those kids of the past have brought us to where we are now, and if you don't know where you came from, how can you know where you are going? Her books are designed to give to her grandchildren's generation a window into the past lives of everyday children.