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1) Skyward
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When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
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2023
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A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval...
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Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
4) Starsight
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Skyward volume 2
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English
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All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could happen...
5) Defiant
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Skyward volume 4
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2023.
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English
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Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she is willing to go for victory.
Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts. The Superiority didn't stop in...
6) Escuadrón
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Skyward volume 1
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El mundo lleva siglos en guerra; la humanidad está atrapada en un planeta constantemente atacado por unos alienígenas decididos a destruirla. Los pilotos son los únicos héroes dispuestos a combatir al enemigo. Spensa es una joven que siempre ha soñado con convertirse en piloto y defender a la Tierra. Pero su destino se cruza con el de su padre, un piloto que fue asesinado tras abandonar a su equipo, anulando sus opciones de asistir a la escuela...
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2016.
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The collection includes nine works in all. The first eight are: "The Hope of Elantris" (Elantris), "The Eleventh Metal" (Mistborn), "The Emperor's Soul" (Elantris), "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30" (Mistborn), "White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain), "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" (Threnody), "Sixth of Dusk" (First of the Sun), and "Mistborn: Secret History" (Mistborn). These wonderful works, originally published...
9) Estelar
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Skyward volume 2
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Nova
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2020.
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Español
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"Este es el segundo libro de una serie épica sobre una chica que guarda un secreto en un peligroso mundo en guerra por el futuro de la humanidad. En él continúan las aventuras de Spensa Nightshade, la joven piloto que ha conseguido un puesto en el escuadrón de defensa de la humanidad contra los ataques alienígenas. En realidad, ella siempre quiso ser piloto: poder probar que es una heroína, como su padre. Y aunque llegó a lo más alto, los...
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