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3) Ender's game
Author
Series
Ender volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin...
Author
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
xxx, 382 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Andrew Wiggin, itinerant speaker for the dead, is called to aid in the investigation of two deaths when a race of sapient beings is discovered on the planet Lusitania.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Out in the world for the first time since escaping horrifying government experiments, six children make their way toward the Lake House in the hope of being reunited with Kit and Frannie, a couple who once saved their lives.
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...
7) Mort
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.
In this Discworld installment, Death comes to Mort with an offer he can't refuse -- especially since being, well, dead isn't compulsory.
As Death's apprentice, he'll have free board and lodging, use of the company...
9) Deathstalker
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
Science Fiction pbk
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Edition
1st mass market ed.
Physical Desc
344 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker is torn between his personal dreams and his Jedi responsibilities, while he and his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, face a world of danger and intrigue that threatens to destroy the Republic.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
xvi, 469 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a reworking of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel, Detective Carson O'Connor and her partner, Michael Maddison, are confronted by a serial killer in search of victims that possess the humanity missing in himself.
13) Xenocide
Author
Publisher
T. Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
1992, c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 29
Physical Desc
xi, 592 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
c1961
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Years after the Flame Deluge has destroyed much of the country, Brother Francis of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz uncovers some of the martyr Leibowitz's own possessions which results in a search for truth, love, and hope.
16) Stardust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by an imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
355p. 18cm.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett's legendary Discworld series. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ('noble dragon' for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all...). How did it get there? How...
Author
Series
Publisher
ACE
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
What's a millionaire bachelor to do? Join the army-with his butler-of course. Meet Captain Willard Phule and his company of misunderstood misfits. Together, they've taken space by storm-and left a tradition of zaniness and laughter in their wake . . . Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators-including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog-to sniff out Phule and...