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1) Insurgent
Author
Series
Divergent volume 2
Language
English
Description
"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--
Author
Series
Mission multiverse volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle-school band geeks Dev, Isaiah, Tessa, Maeve, and Lewis are trapped in a parallel version of Earth as they fight to save their families--and the rest of the multiverse--from the villainous Empyrean One.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world.
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told... until now"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop human-like feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, deliver a priceless peace offering to their mysterious dark lord, and spy on the goblin kingdom -- from which no elf has returned alive in more than a hundred years. Brangwain's host, the goblin archivist Werfel, is delighted to show Brangwain around. They should be the best of friends, but a series of extraordinary double...
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
Author
Series
Atlantis volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Lewis, Hanna, and Kaya, their resourceful Atlantean friend, embark on an all-new journey through Atlantis, from the sunken underwater world of Evenor to the tunnels below Ridge City. Bonus content includes science and robotics concepts in the story, and ascientist's take on the curious biology of mermaids.
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells, written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
Author
Series
DATA set volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to Dr. Bunsen's latest wacky invention, second-graders Gabriel, Laura, and Caesar, aka the DATA Set, are blasted back to the prehistoric era, where they quickly find themselves dashing from flying pterosaurs, stomping stegosaurus stampedes, and a sharp-toothed T-rex.
Author
Series
DATA set volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
When Dr. Bunsen's newest invention brings extraterrestrials down to Earth, can second-graders Gabriel, Laura, and Caesar, aka the DATA, keep their town from being space invaded?
14) Bites back
Author
Series
(Landry Quinn).Project terra volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Elara just wants to learn how to build new worlds with her best friends Knot, Beezle, Sabik, and her alien-sponge roommate, Clare. But when an evil time-hopping force threatens to take down the galactic order, Elara's 'normal' school year might turn intosomething weird"--
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This Little Golden Book is based on an exciting episode of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures airing on Disney Jr. and Disney+! Taborr and his pirate crew have stolen all of the jellyfruit! With the help of their pilot friend Nash Durango, young Jedi-in-training Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, and Nubs set off to retrieve the tasty treats in time for the Jellyfruit Festival-and maybe teach Taborr an important lesson about sharing. The first full-length animated...
Author
Series
Finniverse volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Finn and his friends travel to the Subatomic, a microscopic world where Finn hopes to find his father and defeat the Plague once and for all.
17) The Ruby code
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
While playing an old fantasy videogame, Ash encounters Ruby, who seems far more than a pre-programmed side character, and together they discover she's a sentient AI originally designed as a weapon, trapping them both in deadly game that blurs the lines between real and virtual.
18) Shock the monkey
Author
Series
N.O.A.H. files volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Noah Prime never expected to wind up a fugitive hunted by aliens. To be honest, he had never even believed in aliens until a team of them blew up his house. He escaped-and managed to save the world-by using his mysterious ability to harness the traits of every animal on earth. Now he's in hiding, and thinks all is well. Until his friend Ogden buys a star for Claire, the most popular girl in school. However, instead of a quaint romantic notion, it...
19) A world below
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
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Description
Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
In the two weeks twelve-year-old Jacob Wonderbar was away, fifty years have passed on Earth and now he, Sarah Daisy, and Dexter, with help from Mick Cracken, try to set things right by seeking Jacob's father, who is lost in time.
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