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Series
Carve the mark volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their current gifts, Akos and Cyra do not--their gifts make them vulnerable to others control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?"--Amazon.com.
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Series
Hainish series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Esteemed planetary geologist Erik Asphaug takes us on an exhilarating tour through the farthest reaches of time and our galaxy to find out why. Beautifully written and provocatively argued, this book is not only a mind-blowing astronomical tour but a profound inquiry into the nature of life here -- and billions of miles from home.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
When their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides, plans to obtain the secrets of their prophetic visions to maintain control over her dynasty, twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides have their own plans for their visions--and their destinies.
6) Life on Mars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
Author
Series
Foundation series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
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Description
At last, the costly and bitter war between the two Foundations had come to an end. The scientists of the First Foundation had proved victorious; and now they retum to Hari Seldon''s long-established plan to build a new Empire that the Second Foundation is not destroyed after all-and that its still-defiant survivors are preparing their revenge. Now the two exiled citizens of the Foundation-a renegade Councilman and the doddering historian-set out in...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who, or what, is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future, and our own....
9) Mercury
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs present information about the planet Mercury.
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Series
Rowan series volume 5
Language
English
Description
Human agents infiltrate the Hivers, an aggressive alien race of insectoid species, to study their culture and defeat them. Or better still, learn to communicate with them and reach a modus vivendi.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Film novelizations volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellor's disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. And Anakin Skywalker,...
15) Lyon's pride
Author
Series
Rowan series volume 4
Language
English
Description
In the fourth book of the Tower and Hive series, the Lyon clan must use their combined telepathic abilities in a battle against the alien Hivers.
16) Xenocide
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequininos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequininos require in order to become adults. The Startways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have...
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christina Starspeeder goes to a new Jedi Academy campus.
18) Dragon Harper
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading.
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Excitedly embarking on his course of training at the Jedi Academy in spite of his older sister's jealousy, Victor Starspeeder struggles with Master Yoda's assignments, which include a requirement to join the drama club to channel his high energy.
Author
Series
Jedi Academy volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning to the Jedi Academy, Victor struggles with his older sister's upcoming graduation and contemplates returning to his old ways of being the class clown.