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1) Space
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.
2) Gravity
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses...
Author
Series
Aurora cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.
Author
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In 1783 a rooster, a duck, and a sheep were placed in a basket attached to the first hot-air balloon. In the age of rockets and space travel, many more animals have traveled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book tells the stories of 50 trips into space, with details about the animals and the scientists involved. The experiments, often designed by students, originate from many countries"--
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"This beautifully illustrated, oversized guide to the people and technology of the moon landing by award-winning author/illustrator John Rocco is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
'Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and favous. Gathering direct quotes from some of these folks who worked behind the scenes, and culling NASA transcripts, national archives, and stunning photos from Apollo 11, the author captures not only the sheer magnitude of this feat but also the dedication, ingenuity, and perseverance of the...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"SOS. Lopside the rescue mutt and his canine crew are working alongside their humans onboard the spaceship Laika. We are the dogs. Then the dogs are abandoned, millions of miles from civilization, and survival seems impossible. We are alone. But these are all good dogs, and good dogs always complete their mission." --
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Take an imaginary journey and discover the beauty of the moon, which "glows like a pearl in the black, black night." After your return you will never see the moon - or the Earth - in quite the same way.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dispatched on a rescue mission to the farthest reaches of space, the USS Enterprise is ambushed by Krall, a ruthless enemy sworn against the Federation. Crash-landing on an uncharted hostile world, Captain Kirk, Spock, and the crew are separated with no means of escape. Only Jaylah, a rebellious alien warrior, can help them reunite and find a way off the planet in a race against time to stop Krall's deadly army from triggering all-out galactic war....
14) Penguinaut!
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Orville is a little penguin who lives in a zoo and dreams of big adventures, like going to the Moon; the other animals are skeptical, but Orville is determined, so he builds a spaceship and sets out all by himself--and discovers that real adventures are best when they are shared with friends.
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
It begins as a writer named Roberta Anderson, looking for firewood in the forest that stretches behind her house. Bobbi stumbles over three inches of metal, which unusually heavy spring runoff has left sticking out of the soil. A logger's beer can, she thinks at first, but "the metal was as solid as mother-rock." It begins with Bobbi's discovery of the ship in the earth, a ship buried for millions of years, but still vibrating faintly, still humming...
16) The Swarm
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China struck fear into the other nations of the planet; that fear blossomed into drastic action when scientists determined...
Author
Publisher
Big Kid Science
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Max the dog and his friend Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, inspiring the nations of the world to build a Moon colony. Scientific principles that support the story are clearly explained in "Big Kid Boxes" appearing on each page.
18) Dragon pearl
Author
Series
Thousand worlds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces."--
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Outbound flight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Before the onset of the Clone Wars, a group of explorers consisting of six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and a fifty-thousand-member crew set out aboard a state-of-the-art starship on a mission to search for intelligent life outside the known galaxy.
20) The hive
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Card and Johnston continue the science fiction history of the Formic Wars―the alien invasions of Earth’s Solar System that ultimately led to Ender Wiggin’s total victory in Ender's Game. A coalition of Earth’s nations barely fought off the Formics’ first scout ship. Now it’s clear that there’s a mother-ship out on edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth’s warring nations and corporations put...