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1) Seveneves
Author
Language
English
Description
What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of...
Author
Series
Castle in the stars volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
61 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the aethership's maiden voyage, Seraphin and the Knights of Aether had prepared for everything--except treason. The villainous chamberlain wants to overthrow King Ludwig and claim the electro-aetheric technology for Prussia. The only escape for the king and his companions lies in the frosty skies above Bavaria. The ship's first flight is a success, but their respite is short-lived. As long as the chamberlain is free to spread his lies, these travelers...
Author
Series
Castle in the stars volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
60 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
As Seraphin, Hans, and Sophie make their descent to the Mars surface with stowaway Lo�ic and the wicked Gudden in tow, they're prepared for danger. But with its gravity-defying rain and giant carnivorous beasts, Mars is even more treacherous than they expected. When Seraphin suddenly finds himself separated from his friends and alone in the Martian wilderness, he must trust a mysterious shape-shifting creature to guide him back to safety. But this...
Author
Series
Castle in the stars volume 3
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
53 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Seraphin, Hans, and Sophie returned from their voyage to the moon, they didn't come home empty-handed--they brought with them aetherite, a miraculous substance that defies gravity. To keep their secret safe from the Prussians, the trio lives in hiding on a remote island in Brittany. Meanwhile, Seraphin's father has founded the International Society of Aether, a group of scientists dedicated to the peaceful pursuit of space exploration. But on...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 354 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision--especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world...
Author
Series
Class 5 volume 2
Publisher
Michelle Diener
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rescue might just be the death of her. Far from home . . . Fiona Russell has been snatched from Earth, imprisoned and used as slave labor, but nothing about her abduction makes sense. When she's rescued by the Grih, she realizes there's a much bigger game in play than she could ever have imagined, and she's right in the middle of it. Far from safe . . . Battleship captain Hal Vakeri is chasing down pirates when he stumbles across a woman abducted...
Author
Series
Class 5 volume 3
Publisher
Michelle Diener
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mind is the most powerful weapon of all... Imogen Peters knows she's a pawn. She's been abducted from Earth, held prisoner, and abducted again. So when she gets a chance at freedom, she takes it with both hands, not realizing that doing so will turn her from pawn to kingmaker. Captain Camlar Kalor expected to meet an Earth woman on his current mission, he just thought he'd be meeting her on Larga Ways, under the protection of his Battle Center...
Author
Series
Class 5 volume 1
Publisher
Michelle Diener
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Some secrets carry the weight of the world. Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally -- a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided. Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary...
Author
Series
Castle in the stars volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A year after his mother disappeared in her hot air balloon, Seraphin and his father receive a clue that sends them to a Bavarian castle where a force that would stop at nothing to conquer the stars lurks.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport,...
Author
Series
Darker shade of magic volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kell is one of the last Travelers -- magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes--as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne -- a place where people fight...
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