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2019
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Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname "Lunatic" because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide to the moon, Aderin-Pocock takes readers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor, exploring folklore, facts, and future plans. She begins with the basics, unpacking...
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Abrams Image
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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How well do you know our closest neighbor? The moon has fascinated humankind since the beginning of history. But far from being just a big rock out in space, the moon has a phenomenal power over the earth, with it's ability to create great waves, dictate the length of the day and summon the seasons. It is a key player in the story of our planet. In this unique celebration of the moon, lunar expert and space scientist Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes...
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Future Publishing Ltd
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English
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The alluring silver sphere in our night sky has captivated our imagination and ambition for generations, and now its secrets are finally being revealed. In Book of the Moon, find out what really happened when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped outside their lunar module and uncover what is being done to preserve that moment in history before taking a tour of the craters and maria. Learn how to take the perfect photographs of our lunar neighbour,
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Publisher:
HighBridge
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
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Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels...
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Molly Moon volume 1
Lexile measure:
770L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City.
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Publisher:
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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In Alta Donna, the weather is great, the sunsets are super, and the stars twinkle brightly. Perfect, right? No! It's super boring. Nothing real ever happens. Everybody says I spend too much time daydreaming in my own little world. At least my dreams are more interesting than Alta Donna. But what if Alta Donna is hiding a secret? The two new kids in town are up to something. No one could be as good a baseball player as Damiano, and no one could be...
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
2009
Lexile measure:
810L
Language:
English
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A Newbery Honor Book!
A New York Times bestseller!
An Al Roker's TODAY Show Book Club Pick!
A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!
A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time!
This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book...
A New York Times bestseller!
An Al Roker's TODAY Show Book Club Pick!
A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!
A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time!
This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book...
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Guardians of childhood volume 1
Publisher:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
2011
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 830L
Language:
English
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When a newly orphaned baby in the moon makes friends with the children of Earth, he begins to shine as brightly as possible to ward off their fears.
15. The Book of Moon
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Publisher:
Katherine R Quayle
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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Mi'hal'ē is different from all the other analong, not just on the outside, but in ways even she doesn't understand. Born into a world, where no one else looks like her, Mi'hal'ē's ah'sha has forbidden her to go Outside past the fields. But, the key to who she is and who she belongs to might lie far further past the Outside than anyone knows. And if Mi'hal'ē ever does find her truth, can she accept its responsibilities? The book follows the journey...
16. Book lovers
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English
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4.2 stars
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"A by-the-book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens' life is books--she's read them all--and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for...
17. Goodnight moon
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AD: Adult Directed 360L
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English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air. Includes a retrospective on the careers of Brown and Hurd as well as details of the publication and success of Goodnight moon.
18. The book thief
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Lexile measure:
730L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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A team of nineteenth-century American engineers builds a rocket to the moon in this visionary novel from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days During the Civil War, the members of the Baltimore Gun Club delighted themselves by designing artillery the likes of which the world had never seen. But when the South eventually surrenders, the gun club languishes, until its president, Impey Barbicane, conceives...