Anne McCaffrey
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Series
Acorna series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 18
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With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari.
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Series
Acorna series volume 2
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
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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“[Anne] McCaffrey here adds yet another dimension to her colorful and vivid saga by focusing on the attractive dolphins and their highly believable society.”—Publishers Weekly
When the first humans came to settle the planet Pern, they did not come alone: intelligence-enhanced dolphins also crossed the stars to colonize Pern’s oceans while their human partners settled the vast continents. But then disaster
5) Dragonflight
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and only one Weyr trains the dragons and their riders, the Red Star approaches Pern, threatening it with disaster.
Author
Series
Acorna series volume 5
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 14
Description
The homeworld Acorna has never known was horribly scarred in the brutal attack by the cold-blooded Khleevi, but the Linyaari -- the unicorn girl's gentle, spiritual race -- live on. Now is the time for healing and rebuilding, for restoring the natural beauty corrupted by the savage insectile oppressors. But Acorna's Linyaari friends and colleagues begin mysteriously disappearing soon after work gets under way, among them her beloved Aari. And her...
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Series
Acorna series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 17
Description
A lady unicorn drifting in a spaceship is found to have unusual healing powers. As word spreads, various groups on Earth, from scientists to politicians, try to steal her so as to use her for their own ends. But the miners who found her are protective. Although she has made peace with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever truly feel at home. But the solitude she desires must wait....
8) Power lines
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"Yanaba Maddock's short-lived career as a company spy had ended the moment the planet Petaybee and its people had adopted her as one of their own. Now she was dedicated to keeping Intergal from exploiting and wounding--or even killing--the world she had come to love. For Intergal persisted in denying that Petaybee was sentient, and nothing would stop it from stripping the ore-rich planet--sentient or not. Only solid evidence would convince the company...
Author
Series
Acorna series volume 4
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Acorna and her companions are drawn to a planet with sentient plants and intoxicating perfumes, where they search for the source of a faint SOS.
10) Acorna's rebels
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Series
Acorna series volume 6
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Acorn's people, the Linyaari, have started to reclaim their homeworld from the ravages of the brutal alien Khleevi. But the expedition has unlocked a larger mystery about the origins of the Linyaari poeple--one that led Aari, Acorn's beloved lifemate into a dangerous journey through time and space-A journey from which Aari may never return.--Book Jacket
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 21
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
An illustrated anthology focusing on the world of Pern includes a previously unpublished Pern adventure featuring the Dragonriders.
12) Sky dragons
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 30
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.
13) Dragon's time
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
14) The white dragon
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 21
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Description
Tired of his boring life, Lord Jaxom decides to secretly train his extraordinary dragon to take part in the desperate battles of dragons and their riders against the Threadfall that periodically threatens their planet.
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Series
Crystal singer trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
1992
Description
Killashandra Ree was trapped by the crystal singer. Only by reclaiming her past and memory could she go into the future.
16) Dragonquest
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 19
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Description
While the deadly Thread continues to fall, F'lar must combat internal conflicts among the dragonriders.
18) Dragonsong
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
19) Dragondrums
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 12
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 26
Description
For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that rained from the sky to ravage the land. Now, for the first time, their dream to eradicate Thread could possibly come true as they uncovered the ancient colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system which still functioned and instructed them on how to annihilate Thread.