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41) Fight for power
Author
Series
Rule of three volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
After defeating raiders intent on taking the fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills, Adam struggles with his mentor's security decisions and fears the cost of his mistakes and blind trust.
Author
Language
English
Description
New York City cop Barry Sutton investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome-- a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. Neuroscientist Helena Smith dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious moments of our pasts. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment...
45) Scatterbrain
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Featuring pieces written in the last ten years, a collection of the author's stories, articles, interviews, correspondence, and editorials covers a range of science fiction topics, from space stations to convention etiquette.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'
48) Space case
Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Like his fellow lunarnauts-otherwise known as Moonies-living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he's bored out of his mind. Kids aren't allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they're trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time-and the only other kid Dash's age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games. Then...
49) Fever crumb
Author
Series
Fever Crumb volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Foundling Fever Crumb has been raised as an engineer although females in the future London, England, are not believed capable of rational thought, but at age fourteen she leaves her sheltered world and begins to learn startling truths about her past while facing danger in the present.
50) I, robot
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
In the year 2035, robots are a common, trusted part of life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead, and a skeptical Chicago police detective investigating the murder believes that a robot is responsible. It seems impossible for a robot to break the Three Laws of Robotics, for if that were to happen there would be nothing to stop them from taking over the world. Aiding the detective in his investigation is a psychologist who specializes...
51) The ninth metal
Author
Series
Comet cycle volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes an explosive, breakout speculative thriller in which a powerful new metal arrives on Earth in the wake of a meteor shower, triggering a massive new "Gold Rush" in the Midwest and turning life as we know it on its head. The first of a cycle of novels set in a shared universe"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth's center! The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new covers....
53) Deep sky
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a missile hits the White House, killing the president and leaving behind a cryptic message, covert operative Travis Chase, along with his partner Paige and technology expert Bethany, has 24 hours to solve a decades-old mystery before more innocent lives are sacrificed.
Author
Publisher
Amulet books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
F. C. Yee's The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world's history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer...
Author
Series
Mirror visitor volume 2
Publisher
Europa Editions
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her gift for reading the history of objects becomes known to all and she becomes implicated in a series of disappearances, Ophelia turns to her enigmatic fiancae, Thorn, for help.
56) The fever code
Author
Series
Maze runner volume 5
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Reveals how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze against the backdrop of an apocalyptic world.
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
58) Mortal
Author
Series
Books of mortals volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Rom Sebastian discovered a secret and consumed an ancient potion of blood to bring himself back to life. Nine years later, surviving against impossible odds, he has gathered a secret faction of followers who have also taken the blood--the first Mortals in a world that is dead. But the Order has raised an elite army to hunt and crush the living, and no one knows the path to survival.
59) Unraveling
Author
Series
Unblemished trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What happens when happily ever after starts to unravel? Eliyana Ember doesn't believe in true love. Not anymore. After defeating her grandfather and saving the Second Reflection, El only trusts what's right in front of her. The tangible. The real. Not some unexplained Kiss of Infinity she once shared with the ghost of a boy she's trying to forget. She has more important things to worry about-like becoming queen of the Second Reflection, a role she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap/LucasBooks
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, along with his Padawan Ahsoka Tano go on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hut's son, Rotta the Hutlet, after Rotta is kidnapped by the evil Count Dooku.
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