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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 37
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"At last Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe dependent on producing a male heir. But his leadership is further threatened by the ambitious Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, whose insatiable thirst for dominance leads him to plot against some of the most powerful forces in the Imperium... His primary targets: House Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The Sisterhood are unaware of...
2) The Martians
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A companion volume to Robinson's Mars trilogy. New Novellas, short stories, Martian mythology, and character histories. Red mars, Green mars, Blue mars.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 36
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Capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original "Dune, " this prequel weaves a new tapestry of terrible betrayal, grand passions, and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
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2002.
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FitzChivalry Farseer emerges from seclusion when Prince Dutiful, the young heir to the Farseer throne, disappears, and as Fitz sets out to find the Prince before his betrothal ceremony, he is unexpectedly confronted by betrayal and intrigue at every turn.
8) Snow crash
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
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"Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don't dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 33
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Vowing to bring down the crime boss running the city, a group of Gentlemen Bastards, led by Locke Lamora, sets out to beat the Capa at his own game, taking on other thieves, murderers, beggars, prostitutes, and thugs in the process.
10) Mars
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[1992]
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Half Navajo American Jamie Waterman is a geologist whose dream comes true when he is selected for the first landing team on Mars. He endures the rigors of training, the personality conflicts and political intrigues, as well as the dangers of traveling over 100 million kilometers in space. Once the international crew lands on Mars, they discover they must battle not only the alien land they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. As they head...
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IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
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A masterful achievement that ranks with "Brave New World" and "1984", this mesmerizing tale of the terrible aftermath of nuclear war has captivated generations of readers since its first publication in 1959. "Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim".--"Chicago Tribune."
12) Furious gulf
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1994
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In the spaceship, Argo, humans flee machine creatures determined to exterminate them. The escape route takes them dangerously close to a black hole where they discover the remains of an ancient human civilization and a way of defeating the mechs. By the author of Great Sky River.
13) Earth
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1990
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A microscopic black hole has accidently fallen into the Earth's core and the entire planet is in danger of being destroyed within two years.
16) Sundiver
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c1980
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Mankind encounters conflicts among the inhabitants of the universe, as brave individuals prepare to journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.
18) Wildwood Road
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Anxieties over marriage, home and work amplify the eeriness of Golden's engrossing suburban horror novel. Michael and Jillian Dansky are heading home from a Halloween party when they give a young girl on the road a lift to a strange old mansion. She leaves them with the injunction to "come find me," and suddenly their lives are no longer the same.
19) Return to Eden
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[1988]
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"Harrison's conclusion to his alternate prehistory of Earth excels in its detailed depiction of an alien civilization that might have been." -Library Journal
Harry Harrison's Return to Eden, the third book in the West of Eden trilogy, is an adventerous sci-fi tale set in an alternative prehistoric universe, from the bestselling and award-winning author of innumerable novels and stories.
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20) Mysterium
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c1994
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In the early hours before dawn, a small Michigan town vanishes from the face of the earth. That morning the men and women of Two Rivers wake up in a world strangely different from their own.