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Dragonriders of Pern volume 14
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English
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Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-ever Dragonriders of Pern short-story collection! Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves the dreadful currents of the Pernest ocean. Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill with...
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Sal and Gabi novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Science Fiction - MID
If You Like Percy Jackson, Read These!
MID Once Upon A Summer Reading
Science Fiction - MID
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In order to heal after his mother's death, thirteen-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things--and people--from other universes.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Blast off with New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Jennifer L. Holm's out-of-this-world new novel about a kid raised on Mars who learns that he can't be held back by the fears of the grown-ups around him. Bell has spent his whole life - all eleven years of it - on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid - he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have...
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Shadow series (Orson Scott Card) volume 5
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Ender's Shadow explores the stars in this all-new novel...At the end of Shadow of the Giant is the fifth novel in Orson Scott Card's Shadow Series.A Macmillan Audio production.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Combining DK's four-level reading program with the world's most beloved Star Wars character, this book will help kids learn how to read and learn to love reading. Meet Grogu and his many friends in this high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader carefully levelled to help children progress. Learn more about the cute child, Grogu, from Star Wars: The Mandalorian Seasons One and Two, and from Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett. Take a trip through the galaxy...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
Description
Get to know Keith in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read based on the new Netflix original series, Voltron Legendary Defender from DreamWorks Animation! My name is Keith. Not too long ago, I was a regular kid from Earth. Now I am a Paladin of Voltron, and I might just be part alien, too. This story gives readers a closer look into the life of Keith, Voltron's most unpredictable Paladin.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Since the Transformers War ended, Bumblebee has been living under the radar, helping Optimus Prime whenever he needs him. Only a select few know his whereabouts and the top secret, super important missions he has completed. Get the scoop on this awesome Autobot! TRANSFORMERS © 2023 Hasbro. Transformers: EarthSpark TV series © 2023 Hasbro/Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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George Greenby books volume 6
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After escaping the runaway spaceship, George finds himself on a barren Earth where society is under corporate control, access to technology is restricted, and the uneducated population is swamped with fake news.
12) Tin
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Aboy and his mechanical friends discover the truth about his past. In an alternative England of the 1930s where the laws of mechanics govern even the most talented engineers, a mismatched group of mechanicals want nothing more than to feel human. Under the guardianship of the devious and unlicensed Gregory Absalom, an engineer who creates mechanical children, they have no choice but to help him in his unlawful practice. But through his unethical work,...
15) The long Mars
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Long Earth volume 3
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English
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"The third novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's "Long Earth" series, which Io9 calls "a brilliant science fiction collaboration.""--
16) Cibola burn
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Expanse volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
"The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule. But Holden and his crew must also contend with the...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Publisher Annotation: The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he's thrilled. Too...
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Girls with sharp sticks volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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In the near future at a girls-only private high school isolated in the Colorado mountains, Mena and her classmates--under the watchful eyes of their Guardian, professors, and analyst--are trained to be beautiful and obedient for their sponsors and investors.
19) Don't sneeze!
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Kid from Planet Z volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As an alien, Zeke Zander is still confused by the weird things humans do. But he knows humans would also find zeebop behavior pretty strange. So when Zeke catches the flu, he has to hide symptoms like green goo that leaks from his eyes. Will his new human friends understand, especially now that they have a group project for school? Maybe being a little bit different is the only way to fix things with his friends!"--
20) One-eyed jacks
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Wild cards volume 8
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Something is stirring on Ellis Island, something strange and dangerous enough to subdue even the white-hot tensions between Wild Cards and normal humans. They call themselves the Jumpers: a vicious gang with the power to transport their minds into others' bodies, using them to commit acts of terror and violence, before abandoning them and leaving their victims to face the consequences. The Jumpers cutthroat ambition to control the Wild Card community...
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