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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist, Antarctica.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-Director, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Devastated when her dream of becoming a professional ballerina falls through, seventeen-year-old Harper Scott takes a job as a research assistant, wintering over at McMurdo, a U.S. science station at the tip of Antarctica where, for the first time, she considers other possible futures.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
How do penguins survive in frigid conditions? What happens at a research station in Antarctica? How long can an emperor penguin go without food? What other creatures live in the Antarctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the Magic Tree House Research Guide: Penguins and Antarctica.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Unable to control her tendency to burst into flame, twelve-year-old Ember, a dragon transformed into a girl by her foster father, is sent to Antarctica where she tries to save ice dragons from extinction.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir spans his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident to his gripping 932-mile solo crossing of Antarctica. Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support and completely human powered. Yet, Colin O'Brady was determined to do just that, even if, ten years earlier, there was doubt that he'd ever walk again normally. From the depths of a tragic accident, he...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Kevin Brockmeier, one of this generation's most inventive young writers, comes a striking new novel about death, life, and the mysterious place in between.
The City is inhabited by those who have departed Earth but are still remembered by the living. They will reside in this afterlife until they are completely forgotten. But the City is shrinking, and the residents clearing out. Some of the holdouts, like Luka Sims, who
...10) Antarctica
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
11) Antarctica
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Antarctica has no countries and no permanent residents. And though it's covered in ice, it's the world's largest desert! Explore this unique continent's terrain, wildlife, and importance to science. Try an experiment that shows how animals stay warm in Antarctica's freezing temperatures. Then make a batch of sledging biscuits, a staple for Antarctic explorers."
12) Antarctica
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A very simple introduction to the geography, topography, flora, fauna, and people of Antarctica. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions, detailed photographs, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author" --
13) Antarctica
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This book details the history, culture, and geography of Antarctica"--
14) Antarctica
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A harsh and icy land isolated at the far southern reaches of the globe, Antarctica is the most recently discovered of the continents. Until the 1800s, no humans had ever set foot upon its shores. Today, it remains mostly uninhabited, but it is far from empty. Readers will meet the unique plants and animals that call this frozen continent home, explore its unique history, examine the environmental concerns it embodies, and much more. Features include...
15) Antarctica
Author
Publisher
EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Turtles are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica. But not for long! When a David Attenborough-esque narrator explains that turtles are found everywhere except Antarctica, one determined turtle sets out to prove him wrong. After recruiting other non-Antarctic animals along the way--much to the narrator's dismay--the turtle and his adventurous friends travel through fields, forests, and cross an entire ocean to reach their goal. But what exactly...
19) The Antarctic
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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