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Carve the mark volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 20
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"On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their current gifts, Akos and Cyra do not--their gifts make them vulnerable to others control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?"--Amazon.com.
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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....
3) Planets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Colorful photographs and simple text introduce children to the planets. Provides information about the planets, the sun, and moons.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 25
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A young man from Mars comes to Earth & must learn our strange ways. After his arrival on Earth from his home on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith becomes the founder and pastor of a new religious sect and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons, including grokking, watersharing, and love. One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 60,000 words cut. Here at last,...
6) Neptune
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the orbit, atmosphere, moons, surface features, exploration, and other aspects of the planet Neptune.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Follow a young girl as she explores questions about the wondrous search for another Goldilocks planet.
Do you wonder if humans are the only beings who wonder if they are alone in the universe? Our sun is a star. In the night sky are all kinds of stars, and orbiting those stars are planets like the ones in our own solar system. Could those planets have life like we do on Earth? Planet Earth is not too big, not too small, not too hot, and not too cold....
12) Universe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"Become an eyewitness to outer space and beyond in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of the universe. Children will [see] how past, present, and future space exploration has helped our understanding of the Sun, our Solar System, rocky planets, gas giants, and explosive stars. This ... guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into far-off galaxies and out-of-this-world objects captured by powerful space telescopes....
13) Uranus
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the surface features, atmosphere, orbit, moons, rings, and exploration of the planet Uranus.
14) Saturn
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses the orbit, atmosphere, rings, moons, surface features, exploration, and other aspects of the planet Saturn.
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has also made humanity complacent....
16) Baloney, Henry P
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Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.
17) Acorna's quest
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Acorna series volume 2
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With the help of her "Uncle" Calum, Acorna sets off to find her people, a gentle folk who mind-speak by touching horns.
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Foundation series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 12
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So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule's mind control. Only Arkady, a 14 year-old girl seemed to have the answer, or did she ...?
19) Life on Mars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
20) Dune messiah
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Accelerated Reader
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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