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1) Snow crash
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
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"Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don't dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse,...
3) Virals
Author
Series
Virals novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
Tory Brennan is the leader of a band of teenage 'sci-philes' who live on an island off the coast of South Carolina and when the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus that changes their lives forever.
5) Germ
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If you breathe . . . It will find you.
The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen--but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.
The germ--an advanced form of the Ebola virus--has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes...
6) Amnesia
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English
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"When an internet virus throws open the gates at thousands of American prisons, the hacker turns out to be an unlikely young Australian woman. Has she declared cyber war on the United States or was her 'Angel Worm' intended only to free the victims of Australia's immigration policies? Is she innocent? Can she be saved? The answers are up to law-suit-magnet journalist Felix Moore, [whose] career is tanking when he gets this chance to write a biography...
7) Insurrection
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English
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A virus sweeps through the entire earth in months. Now, magic and chaos reign.
8) Resistant
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English
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Attending a national conference in Atlanta with Welcome, Duncan injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating him alive from the inside out. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic-- and the government scientist tasked with finding a cure has been kidnapped. A shadowy group known as One Hundred Neighbors has infiltrated our...
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Series
Covert-One series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Robert Ludlum has been acclaimed as the master of. suspense and international intrigue for over twenty-five years. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed. Now, from the imagination of one of America's greatest storytellers comes Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor. A homeless man in Boston, an Army major in California, and a teenage girl...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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In this conclusion to the Circle trilogy, Thomas Hunter struggles to stave off a war and a virus that are simultaneously ravaging two worlds' populations. Meanwhile, he must also contend with the ramifications of an incredible love story that unfolds with consequences that are far more crushing than anyone could ever imagine.
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In a far-flung Tibetan village, prayer flags flap against whitewashed houses and a majestic monastery stretches to heaven. It's Shangri-La--the earthly paradise--until a stranger staggers out of the forest and collapses into a bloody, lifeless mass. He's the first victim of a crippling epidemic, but he's no ordinary man. Olen Grave, an American intelligence officer, heads directly into the hot zone to investigate. Posing as a journalist, he joins...
13) Medusa
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 20
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English
Description
For seven books, Clive Cussler has dazzled readers with the spine--tingling adventures of Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the Numa Special Assignment Team , but in Medusa, the NUMA team faces what may be its most perilous mission of all.
14) Darwin's radio
Author
Series
Darwin series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
A retrovirus is discovered which provokes miscarriages in women, followed by a second pregnancy without sexual intercourse. As scientists race to unlock its mysteries, fears grow it may herald the end of the human race as we know it.
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"Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They'll need to work together to escape--with...
16) Fade To Black
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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Description
An HIV-positive high school student hospitalized after being attacked, the bigot accused of the crime, and the only witness, a classmate with Down Syndrome, reveal how the assault has changed their lives as they tell of its aftermath.
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"Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely. Fond remembrances of young love meet the challenges of navigating a partner's terminal illness in this bittersweet tale that explores...
18) The Hades Factor
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Series
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English
Description
Robert Ludlum has been acclaimed as the master of .suspense and international intrigue for over twenty-five years. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed. Now, from the imagination of one of America's greatest storytellers comes Robert Ludlum's The Hades Factor.
A homeless man in Boston, an Army major in California, and
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Cataclysm in the Cosmos volume 03
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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The long-awaited finale to Cataclysm in the Cosmos promises to be the most mind-boggling story in the series! A mutant virus is killing humans on Earth and its lightning-quick spread is ominous. A previously developed vaccine miraculously cured infected felines and felidors in addition to preventing further outbreaks. However, it has not been successful when given to people. Scientists around the globe are racing against time to find a solution. The...
20) Transmission
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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In a networked world, anything can change in an instant, and sometimes everything does.... Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer. Lonely and naïve, Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus tester and pining away for his free-spirited colleague...
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