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Maximum Ride volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"An ordinary man undergoes a startling transformation--and fears that all of humanity may be next--in the mindblowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion Logan Ramsay can feel his brain... changing. And his body too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything--his...
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The time has come for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 2
Language
English
Description
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny -- to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 6
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When Max and the Flock discover an unscrupulous scientist who is experimenting on humans in an effort to "improve" the human race, they decide that they must try to stop him, in spite of Angel's prediction about Fang dying.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most revered and profound works of twentieth century literature. Touching on themes of control, humanity, technology, and influence, Aldous Huxley's enduring classic is a reflection and a warning of the age in which it was written, yet remains frighteningly relevant today. With its surreal imagery and otherworldly backdrop, Brave New World adapts beautifully to the graphic novel form. Fred...
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.
11) Ender's game
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Once again, the Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin is brilliant, ruthless, and cunning, a tactical and strategic master, and a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions?...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A leading geneticist explores what promises to be one of the most transformative advances in health and medicine in history. Almost every week, another exciting headline appears about new advances in the field of genetics. Genetic testing is experiencing the exponential growth once seen with the Internet, and the plummeting cost of DNA sequencing makes it increasingly accessible for individuals and families. Dr. Steven M. Lipkin suggests that today's...
15) Cloning
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Language
English
Description
Examines the issues surrounding cloning and provides an overview of the topic.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 9
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maximum Ride and her broken flock roam a postapocalyptic world, searching for answers to what happened"--
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
With the same stunning blend of prophecy and social satire she brought to her classic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood gives us a keenly prescient novel about the future of humanity-and its present. Humanity here equals Snowman, and in Snowman's recollections Atwood re-creates a time much like our own, when a boy named Jimmy loved an elusive, damaged girl called Oryx and a sardonic genius called Crake. But now Snowman is alone, and as we learn...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the last thirty years global demand for food has doubled. In a race to feed the planet, scientists have discovered how to manipulate DNA, the blueprint of life, and produce what they claim are stronger, more disease-resistant crops. However, fears that genetically modified food many not be safe for humans or the environment has sparked.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.
20) The Ones
Author
Series
The Ones (Daniel Sweren-Becker) volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Genetically engineered teenagers called 'The Ones' go to extremes fighting for their rights as society turns against them"--
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