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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
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Planet Earth may not be the best of all possible worlds-- and lately humanity has been carelessly depleting resources, decimating species, and degrading everything needed for life. Could space be our salvation? Impey explores the definition of habitability, and the changing shape of space exploration as it expands beyond the interests of government to the pursuits of private industry. -- adapted from jacket
7) Lost
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, teen sleuths Sam and Annabel solve a mystery in the Arctic that has ties to the Franklin Expedition"--
9) Cosmic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Liam Digby is so unusually tall that people think he should act like an adult, which leads him to compete against adults for a chance to go into space.
14) The Smithsonian history of space exploration: from the ancient world to the extraterrestrial future
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Smithsonian Books
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English
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English
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Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern mystery. Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's expeditions were monumental failures--the last one leading to more than a hundred deaths, including his own. Yet many still see the Royal Navy man as a heroic figure who sacrificed himself to discovering...
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Patrick Crean Editions, HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. McGoogan challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating non-British and fur-trade explorers and, above all, Canada's indigenous peoples, this work brings the story of Arctic discovery into the twenty-first century.
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"The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planetand human habitation of Mars isnt much farther off. Now the National Geographic Channel goes years fast-forward with 'Mars,' a six-part series documenting and dramatizing the next 25 years as humans land on and learn to live on Mars. This companion book to the series explores the science behind the mission and the challenges awaiting those brave individuals. Filled with...
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A whaler's daughter, Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve and fell in love with the cold and unforgiving terrain. In 1889, she sets out to become a scientist and explorer. Despite those who believe that a young woman has no place in this harsh world of men, her determination leads her back to northern Greenland at the head of a British expedition. Yearning for wider horizons, American geologist Jakob de Beyn joins a rival...
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