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Herbert's Wormhole volume 1
Lexile measure:
780L
Language:
English
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When almost-sixth-grader Alex, a video game fanatic, is forced on a "playdate" with his neighbor Herbert, an inventor, the two travel to the twenty-second century and face off against aliens, who are not as beneficent as most people think.
4. Gemina
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Lexile measure:
800L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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On board the Jump Station Heimdall, Hanna is the captain's pampered daughter; Nik a member of a notorious crime family. While they are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together. But alien predators...
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Valiant Entertainment
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English
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Living it up at the Hotel California! His whole life, Obadiah Archer has been lied to about his true heritage - but when he and his pal Armstrong arrive in L.A. to meet his real parents, they find them in the clutches of the Church of Retrology! What insidious plans does The Lizard King, the head of the favored religion of the Left Coast's rich and famous, have for the Valiant Universe's premier conspiracy busters? And what lurks in the Hollywood...
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Series:
Wayfarers volume 4
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit...
7. Flatland
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English
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Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), the author of more than fifty books on classics, theology, history, and Shakespeare, was headmaster of the City of London School and one of the leading educators of his time. Thomas Banchoff is professor emeritus of mathematics at Brown University and author of Beyond the Third Dimension. In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society...
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Series:
Alien Abduction volume 8
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Your favorite purple alien abduction is back with a twist. It's not fair that only males get to go out and pillage the universe. Being born a female automatically means staying home and birthing the next generation of warriors. Not me. Azteriya has other plans. She has a dream of traveling the galaxy and exploring strange new worlds. Fighting fierce foes. Of clubbing a viable male to bring home to her mother so that her transgression is forgiven....
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DC Comics
Language:
English
Description:
Exploding from DC's blockbuster Rebirth event, SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 2: GOING SANE by writer Rob Williams and legendary artist Jim Lee delivers the thrilling conclusion to one of Task Force X's greatest missions. As the go-to team tasked with handling the world's most top secret threats, the Suicide Squad has faced down terrors across the globe. But they've never brought their work home with them-until now. Under the command of Task Force X's iron-fisted...
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Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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When Sarah Long gets the message that her sister is alive and needs rescuing, she packs a bag with survival gear, loads a coat with six kinds of weapons, and hopes her pregnancy won't slow her down. It's been three years since the ancient, city-sized ship was discovered. And three years since it turned half the planet into deserts of black dust. Sarah's treacherous journey will cross continents and an ocean, as well as the lines between Earther and...
11. Troubadour
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Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Professor Ginger lived a simple, quiet life… … Until a mysterious book ruined it all. Questioned by the Central Committee, her freedom hung in the balance. The city was no longer safe. The DOA watched her every move. Enter Captain Hack, an alien of questionable morals and hygiene-A smuggler of contraband or worse. This human and his floundering riverboat offered her only ticket to safety. Dare she take it? Left without options, she had no choice....
12. Jo's Journey
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Series:
Lords of Kassis volume 3
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English
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Aliens, warships, battles, and a certain alien male were not in the carefully detailed plans Jo had for her life. Manota Ja Kel Coradon is the second son of the ruling House of Kassis. He is known as the dark brother, and he lives up to his reputation. He has fought hard to protect his family and the people of Kassis, at times sacrificing parts of his soul to keep others safe, but even so, Manota was in total control of his life until one slender,...
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Publisher:
Tyndale House Publishers
Language:
English
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"She was so sure she knew her family's story... Now she wonders if she was wrong about all of it. 1969. When Mattie Taylor's twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend and the only person who really understood her. Now, news that her mother is dying sends Mattie back home, despite blaming her father for Mark's death. Mama's last wish is that Mattie would read some old letters stored in a trunk, from people Mattie doesn't even know....
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After engaging in bloody warfare against each other, two alien races-the Greens and the Grays-take refuge on Earth, both believing their home and their enemy destroyed. For seventy-five years, they have been passing as humans, living peacefully-until each side discovers the other has survived. Now, in order to avoid another destructive conflict, these extraterrestrial rivals have united and agreed that a sacrifice must be made . . . On a dark and...
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Lexile measure:
800L
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English
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1st title: No one has seen Sam Goode's father, Malcolm, since he mysteriously disappeared years ago. Sam had always fantasized that he was abducted by aliens. But that was before he knew the truth: aliens do exist, and some of them seek to destroy our world. That was before he himself became another one of their captives. Now father and son are both missing. But when a rogue Mogadorian named Adam, who now has Number One's memories, decides the only...
16. Let's Dance
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
When Isabel Burley returns home to care for her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, she finds a bemused, angry old woman, prey to the dangers of failing memory, the inability to run her household-and the local villains who are eyeing her isolated home. But as the locals close in, Isabel finds herself struggling with her own emotions. She thinks she has come home to do some good, but is she really looking for the affection she lacked as a child?...
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Publisher:
Witch Key Fiction
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and a bit of a grump. That suits them just fine. They don't have any friends, and that's fine, because they have siblings. And if their siblings have all grown away from them to start their own lives, then that's fine, too. Really. But then Avari meets a lost alien in the Elder Grove, and that is not fine. Everyone is telling Avari that this alien is their responsibility...
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Publisher:
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description:
Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun. It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest from his home on the planet Blue in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Now Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from place to place, present to past. Horn recalls visiting...
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Publisher:
D. Jean Quarles
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
Gillian is distraught, hearing her parents arguing she learns the ugly truth, the Yellowstone super volcano that they've been studying is getting ready to explode. Sworn to secrecy, she has promised her parents she will continue as if nothing is wrong while they determine their next move, this includes participating in the State Speech & Debate meet in Casper, Wyoming.But when an earthquake disrupts the meet, Gillian feels the need to confide in someone...
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Publisher:
Silent Owl Press, LLC
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
Danielle's first wedding attempt was interrupted by an alien invasion.Danielle "Dani" Hamilton is finally recovered from the injuries she sustained during the Falgaran attack on her home in Folly Springs, Colorado. Now she's ready to enjoy the fairy-tale wedding her human and alien Hatti Kanesh Clan friends have planned. Her bride courses for the seven course feast are nearly complete. Her dress is perfect. Even her canine companion is ready to play...