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980L
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A cold and malevolent universe is all the humanity can ever know. In the near future, Vonnegut's scientific researchers learn that the substance of which that galaxy is made, IceT, assures that human life will ever be Emily Dickinson's "zero at the bone." Any belief in manifest human destiny or compassion is doomed. Reissued in hardcover after SLAUGTHERHOUSEFIVE as part of a reevaluation of the importance of Vonnegut's work.
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Expanse volume 2
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English
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"We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew...
3) Illuminae
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Illuminae files volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"-- Provided by publisher.
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Hitchhiker series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
910L
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English
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In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet.
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Expanse volume 3
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English
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"For generations, the solar system -- Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt -- was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has appeared in Uranus's orbit, where it has built a massive gate that leads to a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex...
6) Gemina
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Illuminae files volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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"When the space station Heimdall is invaded, Hannah and Nik must work together to defeat the enemy."-- Provided by publisher.
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Expanse volume 5
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A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact...
8) Contact
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
1010L
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English
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In December, 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human histoy. Who- or what- is out there?
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Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
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English
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" — Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.The bad news? The world is ending. The good news? The Bad Guys are back to save it!...
10) Obsidio
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Illuminae files volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza--but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?
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Hitchhiker series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1010L
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English
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Arthur Dent, still stuck 2 million years in Earth's past, has been living in an Islington cave for the last five years. Ford Prefect reenters his life with the new mission to prevent the Krikkit robots from freeing their masters (a "bunch of really sweet guys ... [who] believe in peace, justice, morality, culture, sports, family life, and the obliteration of all other life forms)."
12) Aurora
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"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"--
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Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 1
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English
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"When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possible want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. And nothing could be further from what she's known than the crew of the Wayfarer."--Page [4] of cover.
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Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 2
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English
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Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera - the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body following a total system shutdown and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe...
15) Tuf voyaging
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Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in the human space is in good hands-hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures.
16) Acorna's quest
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Acorna series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, sets out on a quest with one of her adoptive "uncles" to learn the truth about her origins, while at the same time the Linyaari, a gentle, telepathic race, embark on a journey throughout the galaxy to spread the alarm about a coming invasion and to search for a beloved infant lost long ago.
17) Contagion
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Contagion duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Responding to a distress call on the distant planet of Achlys, Thea Sadik and her search-and-rescue crew are confronted by a zombie-like outbreak that forces them to uncover a monstrous enemy.
18) Logos run
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On runner Jak Rebo's most recent job, he encountered both a beautiful Sensitive named Lonni Norr and the almost legendary A1 known as Logos. He must deliver Logos to a mysterious backwater planet, where Logos can restore the system of star gates that once knitted the settled worlds together.
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Honors volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 720L
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English
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Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn't much better than a prison cell.
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"Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace . . . Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic. It is a golden age. Intrepid hyperspace scouts expand the reach of the Republic to the furthest stars, worlds flourish under the benevolent leadership of the Senate, and peace reigns, enforced by the wisdom and strength of the renowned order of Force users known as the Jedi. With the Jedi at the height of their...
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