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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both...
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Wild robot volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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The sequel to thebestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown
Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?
From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and...
Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?
From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and...
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Wild robot volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island...
5) Space case
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Moon Base Alpha volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"The cat that Olive rescues from a flood has a secret: he's not really a cat at all, but an alien who crashed to Earth...The cat, whom Olive names Leonard, was prepared to visit the planet as a human; but something went wrong..While Olive worries about whether she will have to move after her mom and her new boyfriend get back from their summer vacation, Leonard tries to figure out how to get from South Carolina to Yellowstone National Park, because...
7) Mr. Universe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Michael goes to visit his eccentric mad-scientist uncle who, busy working on yet another time-travel experiment in his cluttered lab, barely notices him. He keeps muttering things like "quantum multiverse transporter" and Michael has to entertain himself. Which is how Michael accidentally ends up in an alternate universe. Everything looks remarkably similar to his own world but with a few key differences, like lizard men dressed...
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Mars Patel volume 1
Publisher
Walker Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After kids start disappearing from their school, Mars Patel and his outcast friends investigate and find that all clues point to an eccentric tech genius with a popular podcast, Oliver Pruitt, who also happens to be Mars' hero.
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Fablehaven volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
Description
Danger lurks everywhere.
Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long.
In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice—but is he a traitor?...
Strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone or something has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem in its infancy, but as the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that the preserve cannot hold out for long.
In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given sound advice—but is he a traitor?...
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Accelerati trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
Description
"It is up to Nick Slate to find the last of Nikola Tesla's powerful inventions--or face devastating consequences"--Provided by publisher.
11) Stowaway
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Icarus chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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To save his father, a Coalition scientist protecting a precious resource, after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and must decide who to trust--human or alien--to stay alive.
When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth's crust, it's not long before aliens show up to our little corner of the galaxy offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry...
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Trials of Apollo volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
"After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. He must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor"-- Publisher.
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Lewis Barnavelt series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.
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Awesome Dog 5000 volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"When Awesome Dog's heroics gain media attention, Marty, Skyler, and Ralph find themselves targeted by the narcissistic mayor of Townville"--
15) The giver
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Giver quartet graphic novels volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents a graphic novelization of Lois Lowry's novel in which Jonas, a boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is receives special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
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Awesome Dog 5000 volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Marty, Ralph, and Skyler create their own superhero personas, while Awesome Dog's biggest fan becomes Townville's newest super villain and creates a team of robot kittens that challenge the robot dog in his most dangerous battle yet"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
Description
"No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real." That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it -- and what it means -- remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about "whatnot rules."...
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ABDO Spotlight/Dark Horse Books. Pop Cap
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zomboss wants to build a zombie factory and position his new army in the best location possible, but Crazy Dave, his helpers Nate and Patrice, and their batch of intelligent plants will try to get the factory for themselves.
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5 worlds (Mark Siegel) volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sisters Jessa and Oona, and new friend Ram Sam Sam, try to stop the Cobalt Prince from Toki, who orders a strike on Mon Domani, starting a new war between the worlds.
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Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light years, even. Though the battle of Addis Prime is over, the spacefaring Axum Empire is still fractured. The kingdom once gave their technology away free of charge, to better humankind. Now, having been missing for over a decade, they're returning to the planet where their galaxy-spanning civilization began--Earth. But they find the planet in disarray. Old Earth's atmosphere is...
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