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1) Stardust
Author
Language
English
Description
In the sleepy English countryside, at the dawn of the Victorian era, the pursuit of a fallen star sends a lovelorn young man over the city wall and into another reality.
Author
Publisher
Springer
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xv, 287 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Imagine the unique experience of being the very first person to hold a newly-found meteorite in your hand – a rock from space, older than Earth! "Weekend meteorite hunting" with magnets and metal detectors is becoming ever more popular as a pastime, but of course you can’t just walk around and pick up meteorites in the same way that you can pick up seashells on the beach. Those fragments that survived the intense heat of re-entry tend to disguise...
3) Meteor!
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
(32) p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno—now a major film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks and Felicity Jones—comes a lightning-fast thriller about an astonishing NASA discovery that uncovers a vicious conspiracy leading all the way to the White House.
When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried...
When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried...
Author
Series
Comet cycle volume 2
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 208 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes the second novel in his grippingly original sci-fi series, The Comet Cycle, in which a passing comet has caused irreversible change to the growth of fungi, spawning a dangerous, invasive species in the Pacific Northwest that threatens to control the lives of humans and animals alike"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
They always say that high school is the best time of your life. Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried "they" might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza can't wait to escape Seattle -- and her reputation -- and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her real dreams. Andy, for his part, doesn't understand all the fuss about college and career -- the future can wait. Or can it? Because...
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
2008,c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The science guy presents information about the origins, composition, and appearances of comets, meteors and asteroids. Describes the physical characteristics of comets and meteors, illustrating their elliptical orbits around the sun. Explains how a comet's tail is formed and reveals how meterorites contain valuable information about outer space. Presents theories about comet collisions with Earth and visits Meteor Crater in Arizona to reveal the impact...
8) Stardust
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful, but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony Wall that sets between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. So Tristan sets forth on his own journey in Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king has set his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely...
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