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Robert Heinlein's Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.
Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about...
Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about...
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Dune novels. Legends of Dune volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 34
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English
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Decades after the original novels of the "Dune" saga, Frank Herbert's son--writing in conjunction with Kevin J. Anderson--pens this exciting prequel. Working from Frank Herbert's own notes, the authors reveal the chapter of the "Dune" saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerain Jihad.
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Marvin Redpost volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new boy with peculiar behavior.
44) Kenobi
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English
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As tensions escalate on Tatooine between the farmers and a tribe of Sand People led by a ruthless war chief, Ben finds himself drawn into the fight, endangering the very mission that brought him to the desert planet.
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"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...
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Baen
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Surviving crash-landings and monsters and island-eaters was only the beginning! The Kimei family and the second group of castaways, led by Sergeant Campbell, had finally joined forces after both had been forced to land on the bizarre planet Lincoln, whose "continents" were huge floating coral colonies, inhabited by even stranger lifeforms. They had survived crash-landings and venom-filled bites and disease, their own despair, and even the destruction...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-old obsession with this seemingly desolate planet. Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium, and Mare Sirenum-on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering...
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Twisted journeys volume 14
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When two meteorites crash to Earth and open portals to fantastic adventures, the reader must decide whether to take the path to a planet filled with giant aliens or the gateway that offers the power to change one's size.
49) Hunters of Dune
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Series
Dune novels. Main series volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
A group of refugees escapes on a ship into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy, seeking safety with the assistance of Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica, revived with the help of genetic technology, while avoiding the diabolical traps of the Enemy.
50) Empire of man
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Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
"March Upcountry and March to the Sea in one combination volume. Roger Ramius MacClintock was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, third in line for the Throne of Man and a spoiled, self-centered, petulant prince. Then the Empire's worst rivals sabotage and cripple his vessel and Roger and his Bravo Company of Bronze Battalion of the Empress's Own Regiment are stranded on the planet Marduk whose jungles are full of deadly predators and...
51) Sly mongoose
Author
Series
Xenowealth novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Reveals the origins of a doubtful stormtrooper for the First Order called FN-2187, a young scavenger on the desert planet of Jakku who calls herself Rey, and a hotshot Republic pilot named Poe Dameron, before they become involved in the major conflicts disrupting the galaxy.
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Series
Dune novels. Prelude to Dune volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, but he must produce a male heir, and his leadership is further threatened by Baron Vladimir Harkonnen whose primary targets are House Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood.
55) Semiosis
Author
Series
Semiosis duology volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Colonists from Earth wanted the perfect home, but they'll have to survive on the one they found. They don't realize another life form watches...and waits...Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that humans are more than tools."--
56) Castaway planet
Author
Series
Boundary novels volume 4
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Half a year into their journey to the colony world of Tantalus, Sakura Kimei, her family, and her best friend, the alien 'Bemmie' nicknamed Whips, were suddenly torn from the safety of the colony ship and stranded, light years from any known world. In a nearly crippled lifeboat, they had maybe one chance to find and land on a habitable world. With only each other to depend on, Sakura, Whips, and Sakura's family will have to avoid the deadly perils...
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Series
Expanse volume 7
Publisher
Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
"The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets...
59) The last colony
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Series
Old Man's War universe volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Serving his human colony on distant Huckleberry as a village ombudsman, retired fighter John Perry looks forward to settling into farm life with his wife and adopted daughter before he is drawn back into the dangerous interstellar politics of his past.
60) A new class
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Series
Jedi Academy volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Excitedly embarking on his course of training at the Jedi Academy in spite of his older sister's jealousy, Victor Starspeeder struggles with Master Yoda's assignments, which include a requirement to join the drama club to channel his high energy.
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