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Hainish series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
2) The Martian
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 22
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Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, trades his humanity for immortality. As the despotic sandworm of Dune, he desperately attempts to save humankind, in spite of a rising rebellion led by Siona, a member of the Atreides, who is unaware of her own destined role in preserving the future.
4) Dune
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 28
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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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Magic tree house. Original series volume 8
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell.
6) Dune messiah
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known -- and feared -- as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne -- and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses...
8) I, Robot
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Augmenting her limited income by smuggling contraband to survive on the Moon's wealthy city of Artemis, Jazz agrees to commit what seems to be a perfect, lucrative crime, only to find herself embroiled in a conspiracy for control of the city.
"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit...
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Dune novels. Main series volume 6
Dune chronicles volume Book 6
Dune chronicles volume 6
Dune Chronicles volume 06
Dune chronicles volume Book 6
Dune chronicles volume 6
Dune Chronicles volume 06
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 22
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Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the best of the Old Empire.
11) Children of Dune
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 24
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When their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides, plans to obtain the secrets of their prophetic visions to maintain control over her dynasty, twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides have their own plans for their visions--and their destinies.
12) Rogue Protocol
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Murderbot diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Rogue Protocol is the third entry in Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries.
Starring a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.
Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many
13) Frankenstein
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
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Victor Frankenstein leads an idyllic life in Switzerland with his family and friends until a thirst for knowledge sends him off in search of something that no human being has yet attained--the ability to create life. Victor's success soon proves that, through the work of his own hands, he and his family are destined to live a life of pain and suffering.
14) Armada
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 19
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"THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom--if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. At first, Zack thinks he's going crazy. A minute later, he's sure of it. Because the...
15) Shatter Me
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Shatter me (Mafi) volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
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Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future.
16) Cinder
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Lunar chronicles volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.
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MaddAddam trilogy volume 3
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"Bringing together characters from Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy confirms the ultimate endurance of humanity, community, and love. Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which is being fortified against...
18) Found
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The missing volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 29
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The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...
20) Golden son
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
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"With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown's genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work...