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21) Oryx and Crake
Author
Series
MaddAddam Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
376p. 25cm.
Language
English
22) Upgrade: a novel
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"An ordinary man undergoes a startling transformation--and fears that all of humanity may be next--in the mindblowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion Logan Ramsay can feel his brain... changing. And his body too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything--his...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 8
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
368 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One last chance . . . for Max, Fang, and Dylan . . . before it all ends. "Nevermore" is one last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing ending that no one could have seen coming.
24) 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 Old Harmonie, a utopian community where every kid knows he or she is genetically engineered to be better and smarter, but when a strangely perfect new girl named Ilana moves in, the friends begin to question the only world they have ever known.
26) 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...
Author
Series
Astro-Nuts volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
207 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carbon dioxide is out of control on Earth, and the fate of humankind rests in the paws of four experimental, untested Animal Astronauts (AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug) who are seeking another habitable planet; first destination is the Plant Planet which at first looks perfect, except that the abundant plant life can think for itself--and it thinks that it really does not like the AstroNuts.
Language
English
Description
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
xii, 220 pages, [16] pages of plates : col. illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in 'ancient DNA' research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fledgling, Octavia Butler's last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted-and still wants-to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. Fledgling is a captivating...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride The Manga volume Vol.1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
232 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'-- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel-- are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare when the mysterious lab known as the 'School' turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. Now it's up to Max to organize a rescue, but...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride The Manga volume Vol. 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
248 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to New York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?
Author
Series
Maximum Ride The Manga volume Vol. 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
unnumbered : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Narrowly surviving their encounter with Erasers in New York City, the flock is following up a lead on their pasts in Washington, D.C. But what they find waiting for them is...a home?! How will the flock adjust to a real school - one that doesn't involve mad scientists and genetic freaks?