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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...
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Series
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English
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The first action-packed military science fiction adventure in the Confederation series—starring “an entertaining mix” of oddball marines led by a “highly competent and eminently likeable” heroine (Locus)
Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be “easy” duty as the honor guard...
Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be “easy” duty as the honor guard...
3) Red Rising
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations...
4) Embassytown
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English
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Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
5) Thrawn
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins of Thrawn, one of the most ruthless warriors in the Galactic Empire, and the events behind his rise in the Imperial ranks.
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Series
Hitchhiker series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Arthur Dent, who seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, is plucked off the planet by his friend, Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years but is really a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy aided by quotes for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the words don't...
7) Dreamcatcher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 36
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time in the haunted city of Derry, four boys stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they could never begin to understand. Twenty-five years later, the boys are now men and reunite during hunting season in the woods of Maine. These men will be plunged into a horrific struggle with a creature from another world. Their only chance for survival is locked in their shared past--and in the Dreamcatcher.
8) Dune
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...
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Destroyermen volume 15
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English
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"Matt Reddy and the crew of the USS Walker are positioned to push the line of battle to the breaking point on an alternate Earth, in the thrilling return to the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series. Matt Reddy and his sailors have fought, bled,and died for their Lemurian friends and other allies from across time, but their enemies are still operational. In Africa, the Grik General Esshk has escaped defeat to build a new army and new weapons,...
10) Barbarian alien
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Series
Ice planet barbarians volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"The second novel in the international publishing phenomenon Ice Planet Barbarians series, now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue! Liz Cramer swears she'll find a way off of this alien planet she's stuck on--then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien who won't leave her alone, and she just might be okay with it...Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I'm one of them. Yay, me....
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Ice planet barbarians volume 5
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English
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""Hey, Tiffany?" Josie's voice jerks me from my sleep. I sit up, my heart pounding. There's a cold sweat on my skin and my hair is sticking to my face. I push it back and try to act normal. "Mm?" "You were having a nightmare," she says softly. "Didn't sound like a good one." Just a dream. I'm no longer on the alien ship. I'm safe here on the ice planet. There's a cave full of big warriors who won't let anyone grab me and haul me down a hallway to...
12) Barbarian mine
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Series
Ice planet barbarians volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon--now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive story! Harlow receives the shock of her life when she wakes up to see Rukh, a stranger who has clearly been on his own for most of his life, but she soon learns that there is much more to this gruff savage than meets the eye. The ice planet has given me a new lease on life, so I'm thrilled...
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