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Alan Turing, subject of the Oscar-winning 2014 film The Imitation Game, was the brilliant mathematician solicited by the British government to help decipher messages sent by Germany's Enigma machines during World War II. The work of Turing and his colleagues at Hut 8 created what became known as the "bombe", which descrambled the German navy's messages and saved countless lives and millions in British goods and merchandise. Despite his heroics, however,...
22) Aurora Rising
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Aurora cycle volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
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From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . .
A cocky diplomat with...
The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . .
A cocky diplomat with...
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Christy Ottaviano books, Henry Holt and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Told in multiple voices, sixteen-year-old Savannah Taylor is abducted after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape and rescue fellow prisoner Jenny Dowd.
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
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"Halcyon faces a fifteen-year sentence after being charged with murder, so her younger sister Evadne offers to carry part of her sentence and tries to uncover the truth behind the supposed crime along the way"-- Provided by publisher.
25) House of dragons
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House of dragons volume 1
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Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"When the emperor dies, the five royal houses of Etrusia attend the calling, where one of their own will be selected to compete for the throne"-- Provided by publisher.
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