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Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Crater and the Lunar Rescue Company have to rescue Maria Medaris, Crater's ex-girlfriend, who is being held hostage by green-lipped, gene-splicing scientists. The planet Earth, meanwhile, is in the crosshairs of an asteroid engineered by Maria's abductors. If Crater cannot stop the asteroid, Earth will be destroyed.
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Language
English
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Description
"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Your Guide to the Periodic Table is an easy-to-follow introduction to the elements that make up the periodic table of elements. Each element is linked to a science story or fascinating fact, from what makes sulphur smelly to what makes hydrogen explode, and everything in between. Packed with illustrations and explanatory diagrams, prepare to be amazed by the most wacky and informative look at the periodic table ever!--
7) Noble gases
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it's up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what's the best plan for getting him down?"--
9) Crescent
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Crater Trueblood, doubting the justice of the war he fights and the evil of enemies he was trained to hate, brings Crescent, an apparently female Crowhopper, to Moontown as his prisoner but soon both are fugitives, fleeing prejudice and cruelty in hostile territory.
10) Bun Bun Button
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Paige Darling loves the stuffed rabbit her grandmother has made for her, but when she ties a helium-filled balloon to Bun Bun Button the toy gets loose and goes floating away, and it may take some Darling luck to bring her home.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"It’s year-round Christmas cheer in this creative and witty mystery series featuring a unique heroine who’s married to the real-life Santa Claus and living in the North Pole. In Santaland, it’s beginning to look a lot like…Thanksgiving…and in between the festivities, April Claus must track down a killer hiding amid a parade of suspects… At Castle Kringle, the elves are excitedly arranging their first ever Thanksgiving day feast. April’s...
13) Luna: new moon
Author
Series
Luna novels (Ian McDonald) volume 1
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"The Moon wants to kill you. Whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or you just get caught up in a fight between the Moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the Moon's near feudal society. And that is just what Adriana Corta did. As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie...
Author
Series
Senior league (C. Ingelman-Sundberg) volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,unless you're in the League of Pensioners! Martha Andersson and her friends are at it again. Having left behind their restrictive senior home in Stockholm, the gang is off to make it big in the bright lights and big money of The Strip. Armed with electric wheelchairs and some well-placed helium balloons, Martha, The Genius, The Rake, Christina, and Anna-Gretta are ready to take a Vegas casino for all its worth,...
15) Men of Mars
Author
Publisher
SFBC Science Fiction
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A Fighting Man of Mars: When a nobleman's daughter is abducted at the point of a gun that can disintegrate metal, it portends great danger for the empire of Helium. To rescue the woman he lovesand locate the source of the gun, Hadron of Hastor must run the gauntlet of giant Martians, man-eating apes and a xenophobic city where he is sentenced to "The Death"-a place of roiling horror that will carry him to the weapon's mad inventor...and a surprising...
16) Gunpowder moon
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 has noticed it: a burnt-metal scent that reminds them of war. Caden Dechert, the chief of the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the Sea of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind--a reminder of his harrowing days as a Marine in the war-torn Middle East back on Earth. It's 2072, and lunar helium-3 mining is powering the fusion reactors that are bringing Earth back...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From aluminum to zinc—make it fun for kids 8 to 12 to discover all 118 elements on the periodic table! Discover the building blocks of the entire world! A Kids' Guide to the Periodic Table takes you on an incredible journey through history and science that will teach you all about the 118 elements that make up, well, everything! Go in-depth with awesome profiles on each and every element that provide all their important elemental stats (like...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s HollywoodBill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphyand the beloved films that made them stars, including Animal House, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters. “An enjoyable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the remarkable group of funny folk who gave us a golden age of small and big screen comedy, from SNL to Groundhog Day.”Peter...
19) The elements
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Language
English
Description
"Packed with stunning photography, Eyewitness The Elements explores the building blocks of our universe. Become an eyewitness to the fascinating world of chemical elements, in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of their many different properties and uses. Children will be mesmerized by where each element comes from and what it is used for, like how precious gold protects astronauts in space. This unique, beautifully...
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