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21) The deep sky
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"It is the eve of Earth's environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity's last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect. Asuka already felt like an impostor before the explosion. She was...
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English
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A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are willing to believe—some of which may actually be true—from the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of Blackout and All Clear.
"When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate's UFO-themed wedding-complete with a true-believer bridegroom-she can't help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which...
23) The bezzle
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Series
Martin Hench volume 2
Language
English
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The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He spends his downtime on Catalina Island, where scenic, imported bison wander the bluffs and frozen, reheated fast food burgers cost 25$. Wait, what? When Marty disrupts a seemingly innocuous scheme during a vacation on Catalina Island, he has no...
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English
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When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters.
Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow...
25) Touched: a novel
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil."--
26) Prophet song
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Language
English
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"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new,...
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Series
Life as we knew it volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
337 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
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Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood, who mines the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth, undertakes a deadly mission that could mean the difference between life and death for every inhabitant of the moon.
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English
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"Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the cute outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless, but she's trying to please him. She's trying hard. She's learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie's AI makes her seem more like...
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English
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"A riveting novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems. Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being,...
32) Scorpio
Author
Series
Frontlines evolution volume 1
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex's black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer. But the...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 2
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (583 minutes) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Casey Jones steps up and takes on pure evil. Meanwhile, the Turtles learn a shocking secret about April's past, and come face-to-face with another mutant turtle called Slash, a fungus mutant spreading through the sewers, a rewired Metalhead, and the Rat King!
Shredder and the Kraang team up! Now as a combined force, the Turtles face double the threat! And with new mutants lurking throughout New York, and the return of evil villains including Karai,...
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Series
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
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English
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The event is almost over. Before Raven lies a new ball of questions that he cannot unravel alone. His acquaintance with Niyara makes it clear that the universe is not only a boundless bunch of galaxies but an entire system of thousands of servers connected by a network of teleports, inhabited by many different civilizations. Raven is aware that he is far from undergoing one such trip himself. Instead, he decided to focus on new techniques, old friends,...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
160 pages
Language
English
Description
"For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wreaked by one company's monomaniacal endeavor to build the world's first space elevator-from one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, whose identity remains unknown. On the fictional island of Patusan-and much to the ire of the Patusan natives-the Korean conglomerate LK...
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Series
Star Wars volume Episode II
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
167 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi discovers an army of clones as he and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, work to protect Senator Amidala from the separatist faction that continues to threaten the Republic.
Author
Series
Star Wars adventures volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
104 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three missing gems. One dangerous cave. One life in the balance. You are on a race against time ... and death. May the Force be with you.
38) The combat codes
Author
Series
Combat codes volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
464 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hundreds of years ago on a planet once ravaged by war, the nations swore an armistice never to use weapons of mass destruction again. Today, battle-hardened warriors known as Grievar Knights train to represent their nations' interests in brutal hand-to-hand combat. Murray Pearson was once a famed Knight until he suffered a loss that crippled his nation - but now he's on the hunt to find and train the next champion. In underground and ruthless combat...
Author
Series
Jedi quest volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
128 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and apprentice Anakin Skywalker head out on a training exercise that soon turns into a struggle to survive. A squad of bounty hunters has been hired to capture the Jedi--and they will stop at nothing to do it. Anakin and Obi-Wan must avoid the traps and ambushes...and try to discover who is behind the deadly Jedi hunt.
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Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Journey across the stars of the Imperial Radch universe.
Listen to the words of the Old Gods that ruled the Raven Tower.
Learn the secrets of the mysterious Lake of Souls.
And so much more, in this masterfully wide-ranging and immersive short fiction collection from award-winning author Ann Leckie.
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