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1) Parasite
Author
Series
Parasitology volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite -- a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system -- even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen...
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Series
Maximum Ride volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
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Series
Maximum Ride volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The time has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race . . . and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them-but can they save the world when they are torn...
4) Cross breed
Author
Series
Breeds volume 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fans of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh's scorching Breed series first met Cassie as a little girl in Elizabeth's Wolf. Now Cassie has finally come into her own as a young woman, and she's about to discover the one she is destined for--but it is unclear whether her fate is to be mated for life, or marked for death... The Breeds are humans altered before conception with the DNA of the predators of Earth. But although they all carry...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Animosity between the genetically engineered Elites and their human subjects is fierce, and many rebels fight back against Elite rule. Hays Baker is a high-ranking agent in the Elite forces and at the forefront of keeping the humans under control. However, Hays is unknowingly hiding a secret that will make him the greatest threat to the Elite regime, and their number one target.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two Berkeley scientists explore the potential of a revolutionary genetics technology capable of easily and affordably manipulating DNA in human embryos to prevent specific diseases, addressing key concerns about related ethical and societal repercussions
7) Ender's game
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't...
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Language
English
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Description
Pregnant veterinarian Maura Kelly, along with U.S. Marshall Jack Menard, risks everything, including the life of her unborn child, to unravel the mystery of a smuggler's cache of mutated animals, a puzzle that involves fractal intelligence, stem-sell research, and a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
9) Watchers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Two creatures, the end result of experiments in genetic engineering and enhanced intelligence, escape from a government laboratory and bring either doom or a touching new kind of love to those they encounter. On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods. That morning, Travis had been...
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Series
Maximum Ride volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not.
12) Fang
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 6
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Max and her flock of human-bird hybrids continue to fight for their freedom against those who wish to use their powers for evil. Believing that some time away might do the flock some good, Max and her friends take a holiday in Africa. However, after becoming the focal point of interest for an enigmatic billionaire, Max uncovers a cryptic prophecy and becomes more determined than ever to protect her friends.
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English
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"When Lilith lyapo wakes from a centuries-long sleep, she finds herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. She discovers that the Oankali--a seemingly benevolent alien race--intervened in the fate of the humanity hundreds of years ago, saving everyone who survived a nuclear war from a dying, ruined Earth and then putting them into a deep sleep. After learning all they could about Earth and its beings, the Oankali healed the planet, cured cancer,...
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Series
Old Man's War universe volume 2
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to "Old Man's War," the Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations.
Author
Series
Convergence Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"In Decoding the World, Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta-two renegade venture capitalists from Silicon Valley-take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their twisted and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline ripped from today's chaotic news cycle: Trump's trade war. Dying bees. Rogue planets. Beyond Meat. Glaciers melting. Bronson and Gupta then decipher what's really...
16) Night game
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Series
Language
English
Description
A member of the Special Forces paranormal squad, Gator Fontenot embarks on a dangerous mission to capture Iris "Flame" Johnson, a beautiful weapon of destruction bent on vengeance, who has become the target of a lethal assassin.
17) Body, Inc
Author
Series
Tipping point trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"New York Times"-bestselling author Foster has always been on the cutting-edge of science fiction. In "Body, Inc.," he creates a tomorrow where genetic manipulation has become ubiquitous, and the very meaning of what it is to be human is undergoing drastic transformation.
Author
Series
Tipping point trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ingrid Seastrom was once a respected American physician. Whispr, whose body has been transformed to preternatural thinness, was once a streetwise thief. Now, in a world on the edge of catastrophe from centuries of environmental exploitation, they are alliesthrust together by fate to unravel an impossible mysteryeven as they are stalked by a relentless killer.
19) The human son
Author
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing, Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A startling, emotional, beautiful (and at times funny) book - one that feels like the best sort of science fiction, a book that should be enjoyed widely, a book that speaks of what it is to be human, a parent, and a child. It is 500 years in the future and Earth is no longer populated by humans. The new guardians of Earth, the genetically engineered Erta, have reversed climate change. They are now faced with a dilemma; if they reintroduce the rebellious...
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Series
Maximum Ride volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming the earth, searching for answers to what happened. All will be revealed in this last spectacular "ride"--a brand-new grand finale featuring all of the nonstop action, twists, and turns that readers can rely...
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