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1) Toys
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Agent Hays Baker and his wife, Lizbeth, who are part of a group of genetically engineered and technologically enhanced superhumans called Elites, are tasked with saving the human race from extinction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Full Tilt Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"What makes a person who they are? This is one of the fundamental questions of human life. Scientists of the 21st century have made rapid advances in cloning and editing human DNA and cells, even if their understanding of how human characteristics are shaped is still relatively new. Readers will learn about three life-changing pieces of genetic technology--from therapeutic cloning to embryonic gene editing. By exploring these innovations and how they...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Out in the world for the first time since escaping horrifying government experiments, six children make their way toward the Lake House in the hope of being reunited with Kit and Frannie, a couple who once saved their lives.
6) Change agent
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle-- and his transformation begins. In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol's most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform "vanity edits" on human embryos for a price. These illegal procedures augment embryos in ways that are rapidly accelerating human evolution--preying on human-trafficking victims to experiment and advance...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
405 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The time has come for Max,Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Soft Skull edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of "Mothers." Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings-but it is far from certain that connection, love, reproduction, and...
9) Ender's game
Author
Series
Ender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
256 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.
11) The Firefly code
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in their utopian community, Old Harmonie. In a world this safe and perfect, they've never had to question anything . . . never had to wonder about how their lives came to be. Until a new girl named Ilana moves in. She's so perfect that Mori and her friends are curious . . . Where exactly did Ilana come from, and why does she act so strange sometimes? When Ilana's secret is revealed, the kids...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st trade pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
309 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
Series
Publisher
World Book Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
""Describes the development and potential impacts of CRISPR, stem cell research, cloning, and lab-grown meat"--Provided by publisher"--
16) Evolution
Author
Series
Dark Matter volume 3
Publisher
Charlesbridge Teen, an imprint of Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Survivor Shay continues her long search for Callie, the young girl who has been missing since before the deadly epidemic called the Aberdeen flue swept the land. Shay follows her biological father, Dr. Alex Cross, into the Multiverse compound, a scientific cult in a remote area of Scotland. There she investigates the origins of the epidemic and a possible cure. And she discovers that her father has plans that may compromise the lives of everyone in...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mori and her friends set out to seek help for Ilana from Dr. Varden, one of the founders of Old Harmonie, but meeting Outsiders gives them a new perspective on their utopian community.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
20) Deception
Author
Series
Dark Matter volume 2
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
358 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Believing that she is a carrier of the deadly disease they are calling the "Aberdeen flu," Shay has surrendered herself to the authorities and along with other survivors becomes an unwilling test subject in the effort to find a cure; but when the lab is attacked she and a few of the others with the strongest supernatural abilities escape, and her boyfriend Kai is determined to find her, while ghostly Callie, the true carrier, will atone for her...
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