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Author
Series
Mickey7 volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Martian meets Multiplicity in Edward Ashton's high concept science fiction thriller, in which Mickey7, an "expendable," refuses to let his replacement clone Mickey8 take his place. Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous-even suicidal-the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told . . . until now"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers a bed, a chance to explore the galaxy, and some distance from her past. The crew is diverse: Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot; chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, the captain. They are offered a job tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet. It's a lucrative job,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
Author
Series
Teixcalaan novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court, Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die. Now Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Spacemice volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Traveling to the planet Jurassix to warn its inhabitants of an imminent comet strike, Geronimo Stilton and his crew encounter ferocious, dinosaur-like beasts who have an appetite for rodents.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.-- Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Akiko novels volume 5
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Akiko's old friends from the planet Smoo return to Earth to take her to see an intergalactic zoo, where she has a harrowing adventure with a winged Zullziban girl.
10) The Resisters
Author
Series
The Resisters volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-olds Madison and Felix kidnap him, Ethan learns that the Earth has been taken over by aliens and that all the adults in the world are under mind control.
Author
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Questions and answers about aliens encourage inquiry-based learning for curious early elementary readers. Topics include appearance, sightings, and searching for proof. A Stay Curious! feature models research skills and doubles as a mini media literacy lesson. Includes simple infographics, glossary and index"-- Provided by publisher.
13) The pool of fire
Author
Series
Tripods trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Will and a small group of free people plan to destroy the three great cities of the Tripods before the arrival of a space ship destined to doom humanity.
Author
Series
Tripods trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Three boys set out on a secret mission to penetrate the City of the Tripods and learn more about these strange beings that rule the earth.
15) Stuck on Earth
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On a secret mission to evaluate whether the human race should be annihilated, a space alien inhabits the body of a bullied fourteen-year-old boy.
16) The seep
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Trina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle-but nonetheless world-changing-invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep's utopian influence-until Deeba begins to imagine what...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Spacemice volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discovering that the gift-distributing Elfix aliens have disappeared as the Night of Dancing Stars approaches, Geronimo Stiltonix and his spacemice crewmates race to find the missing aliens before the celebration is ruined.
Author
Series
Clone chronicles volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fisher, Two, Amanda, and Veronica are happy to spend their holiday break at Fisher's parents' new amusement park. But when aliens crash-land on Fisher's favorite roller coaster, mistaking it for their home planet, it spells the end of R&R for our heroes. Meet the Gemini: not only are all the aliens identical twins, they're also all beautiful girls. The crew decides the best way to encourage the Gemini girls to vacate the stratosphere is to give them...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Candace has always known that her brothers are a little weird, especially Ferb, who never seems to talk. But after watching an all-night science-fiction movie marathon, she's convinced that Ferb is actually an alien! Can Candace prove her brother is really from another planet?
20) Titan Base
Author
Series
The Resisters volume 3
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ethan must take command of a fractious flying squadron charged with finding a new Resister base, while being pursued by alien invaders.
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