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Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and others share their insights in order to debunk the myths, correct the misconceptions, offer advice on getting the details right, and help writers create more realistic yet engaging stories to satisfy discerning readers."--From back cover.
3) Lagoon
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
1st Saga Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
304 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biologist, a famous rapper, and a rogue soldier become the honor guard and interpreter of humanity's first contact with an alien ambassador in this thriller that combines magician realism and seemingly end-of-the-world high tension"-- Provided by publisher.
4) Into the Dim
Author
Series
Into the Dim volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Hope Walton travels back in time to help rescue her mother, a member of the secret society of time travelers, who is trapped in twelfth-century England in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
6) Supernova
Author
Series
Renegades volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Nova and Adrian find it harder to conceal their secret identities while the battle rages on in Gatlon City between their alter egos, their allies, and their greatest fears come to life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 38
Language
English
Description
Winter has stopped the war—almost—yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he?
Rand al’Thor has been proclaimed the Dragon Reborn. Traveling to the great fortress known as the Stone of Tear, he plans to find the sword Callandor, which can only be wielded by the Champion of Light, and discover if he truly is destined to battle The Dark One. Following Rand, Moiraine and their friends battle Darkhounds on the hunt, hoping they...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
74 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi strikes out to bring in a fugitive on his own; he earns a favor from a local smuggler who may be more trouble for Obi-Wan than his help is actually worth. Presented in comic book format.
9) Jade legacy
Author
Series
The Green Bone saga volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 716 pages : illustrations (maps) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now known and coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and...
10) Vengewar
Author
Series
Wake the dragon volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Two continents at war: the Three Kingdoms and Ishara have been in conflict for a thousand years. But when an outside threat arises-the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world-the two warring nations must somehow set aside generations of hatred to form an alliance against a far more deadly enemy. Book one awakened the great dragon, and set the kingdoms at each other's throats. In book two, Vengewar, bitter rivalry and...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 5
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight now that he's become one himself?!
The Defense...
12) The just city
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children and a few hundred adult teachers from all eras of history, along with some handy robots from the far human future - all set down together on a Mediterranean island in the distant past. The student Simmea, born an Egyptian farmer's daughter sometime between 500 and 1000 A.D, is a brilliant child, eager...
13) Skyward
Author
Series
Skyward volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles, nearly naked and with no memory of how she got there or where she's from, only a fleeting sense that this isn't the first time she's found herself in similar circumstances. Taken in by a caring foster family, Lou dedicates herself to her education while trying to put her mysterious origins behind her. She'll go on to become the first Black female journalist at the Los Angeles Times,...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
205 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A thriller of war that never was--of survival in an impossible city--of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new. "Beauty will be convulsive." 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer--and occult disciple--Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group,...
16) The giver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
17) Casper
Language
English
Description
Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor. Its greedy owner, Carrigan Crittendon, has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions: a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper, who's just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso (The Ghostly Trio). If the plan works, she and Dibs, her partner-in-slime, can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the...
19) Renegades
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
As she nears her goal of avenging the Renegades, who overthrew the villains to establish order from ruin, Nova grows close to justice-seeking Renegade Adrian, but her allegiance to the villains could destroy them both.
20) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"In 2001, Eoin Colfer published Artemis Fowl, a hilarious and rip-roaring science-fiction/fantasy adventure about a twelve-year-old criminal mastermind who kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. But these aren't the fairies of bedtime stories; these fairies are armed and dangerous. Artemis thinks he has them right where he wants them ... until they stop playing by the rules. The novel was an instant sensation and became the start...