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1) Aurora
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive. "--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a...
Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
The riveting Chaos Walking trilogy by two-time Carnegie Medalist Patrick Ness, reissued with compelling new covers and a bonus short story in each book."This is science fiction at its best, and is a singular fusion of brutality and idealism that is, at last, perfectly human." Booklist (starred review)As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be...
7) Space opera
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Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's teeth, if indeed one has skin. Or teeth. Something to...
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