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Series
Area 51 files volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A contestant on a brand-new game show offering young criminals the chance at freedom and a cash prize by winning over viewers, Emerson desperately needs the money to save her family, but little does she know that winning is her only chance at survival because losing means death.
Pub. Date
[1956-2020]
Language
English
Description
Looking for some good sci-fi or fantasy fiction? Want to sample some novels before organizing your book club? Check out this sampler set of 10 sci-fi and fantasy titles from our Book Group collection. This set offers a selection of some of our favorites in the genre.
5) The escape
Author
Series
Star wars adventures in wild space volume 1
Publisher
ABDO Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Milo and Lina Graf are the children of explorers Auric and Rhyssa, who map the region of Wild Space. But when their parents are kidnapped by Captain Korda, the siblings escape on their parents' starship, the Whisper Bird.
6) Epitaph
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Stripped of armor, might, and memory, the legendary Forerunner warrior known as the Didact was torn from the physical world following his destructive confrontation with the Master Chief and sent reeling into the mysterious depths of a seemingly endless desert wasteland. This once powerful and terrifying figure is now a shadow of his former self-gaunt, broken, desiccated, and alone. But this wasteland is not as barren as it seems. A blue light glints...
Author
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Data Research Foundation's plan to transform humanity and the earth itself accelerates as the DRF locates another executor of the Apocalypse, General Narein. Toa Heavy Industry agents Zoichi Kanoe and Nishu Mizunoe haven't given up yet, and Zoichi continues his journey to maximum security containment facility 3 in search of Eon Green. To stop them, the DRF is bringing out its heaviest hitters. The battle lines are drawn, and Armageddon never looked...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In volume 1 of this three-volume series, it has been almost a decade since the humans were forced to leave Pandora, but now they're returning--with an armada of heavily armed starships! After years of peace, Jake Sully has settled down with Neytiri and raised a family, so for him, the stakes are even higher than when he first went to war against the corporate might of the RDA.
9) Otherworldly
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In a land where the supernatural is believed to be real, non-believer Ellery and familiar Knox from the Other World form an unexpected alliance to strike a deal that could alter their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Make your very own erupting volcano, build a suspension bridge, use a lemon to produce electricity, and construct a clock! Great STEM Projects is packed with more than 50 exciting STEM activities to inspire every science enthusiast.
11) Defy the storm
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Galactic Republic is in chaos following the Nihil's shocking destruction of the gleaming space station Starlight Beacon. Capitalizing on their victory, the Nihil have erected a barrier called the Stormwall around a section of Republic space and claimed it for themselves. Within this Occlusion Zone, people live at the mercy of the Nihil-and the Nihil are not known for mercy.
Author
Publisher
Arc Manor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Two generations after destruction rained down upon America's cities, the population is scattered into small towns. Cities are forbidden by law, as is scientific research. Rumors abound of a secret place known as "Bartorstown", where science is untrammelled by interference or hatred. A youth named Len Colter, developing an unhealthy thirst for knowledge exacerbated by the discovery of a forbidden radio, sets out on a long road. During this journey,...
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Pride and Prejudice is launched into outer space, Frankenstein is plunged into the depths of the ocean, and The Great Gatsby floats to an island off the coast of Costa Rica. A shape-shifter gives up her life to save the boy she loves from an evil bruja. La Ciguapa covets a little mermaid's heart of gold. Two star-crossed teens fall in love while the planet burns around them. Whether...
14) Memory piece
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Their chosen paths separate them, but their friendship sustains and challenges them across huge...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and signs of life on Venus. In her debut book she delivers a wholly original collection of personal essays that probe the places where science touches our lives most intimately. Expertly...
Author
Series
Pup and Dragon volume 2
Language
English
Description
Energetic, optimistic Pup and cool, thoughtful best friend Dragon hatch a plan to win first prize at the science fair: they will catch a real dinosaur.
Author
Series
Robot makers volume 1
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
La Ion just wants to play soccer, but he accidentally joins a robot soccer club. Along with the story of La Ion's mix-up, this graphic novel explores the history of robots and key ideas in robotics.
Author
Series
Charlie Thorne novel volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Thorne, along with former agents Dante Garcia and Milana Moon, race to find an immensely powerful discovery of Isaac Newton's and face challenges and enemies along the way.
Author
Series
Robot makers volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ever since La Ion transferred to a new school, the school's robot soccer club has been begging him to join. As the school's battle robot team also asks La Ion to be a member, he'll learn how a rivalry between the clubs started. And before long, he'll take his first shots in a robot soccer competition. When an opponent tries to win by smashing his competition, will La Ion's soccer experience help him outwit the bully?
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