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Author
Publisher
DAW Books, INC
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vii, 338 pages : illustrations (maps) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Amid the Crowd of Stars is a grand scale science fiction novel examining the ethical implications of interstellar travel, a topic rarely addressed in science fiction novels. What responsibilities do we have to isolate ourselves from the bacteria, viruses, and other life of another world, and to prevent any of that alien biome from being brought back to Earth?
What happens when a group of humans are stranded for centuries on another world with no choice...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1864, this Jules Verne classic has wowed generations of readers with its portrayal of an imaginary odyssey into a subterranean wonderland. When Axel deciphers an old parchment describing a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. With silent Hans as guide, the two men encounter natural hazards, prehistoric beasts, and other curiosities...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
214 pages : color illustrations, 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two boys race to get an undercover alien back to her mothership while dodging an oddball group of UFO-chasers, TV newspeople, and Florida retirees"--
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fifth book of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series!
The Garde have suffered an unbearable loss. Number Five has betrayed them. Eight is gone forever. Ella has been kidnapped. The others are now scattered.
In Chicago, John makes the unlikeliest of allies: a Mogadorian named Adam, who has switched sides. Adam knows the Mogs secrets, and he knows where to hit them: their command base near Washington,
...6) Miss Meteor
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A teen who secretly arrived with the meteor that gave her small hometown its name discovers that she is turning back into stardust and teams up with her best friend in an effort to secure her human existence by entering a local beauty pageant that has always been won by thin, blonde, white girls.
7) Rosewater
Author
Series
The Wormwood Trilogy volume Book 1
Publisher
Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. A sensitive, he can navigate the massive psychic space created by the dome. But when something within the dome begins killing other sensitives, Kaaro must...