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"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...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"During a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court, Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die. Now Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue...
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"When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate's UFO-themed wedding-complete with a true-believer bridegroom-she can't help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don't exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one"--
7) Exo
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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"For a century now, Earth has been a peaceful colony of an alien race, and Donovan Reyes is a loyal member of the security forces, while his father is the Prime Liaison--but when a routine search and seizure goes bad Donovan finds himself a captive of the human revolutionary group, Sapience, terrorists who seem to prefer war to alien rule, and killing Donovan just might be the incident they are looking for." -- Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They're down here, they're up there, they're nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. But beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves. In these last days, Earth's remaining survivors will need...
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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After nearly a decade of brutal warfare, three mighty factions--the enigmatic protoss, the savage zerg, and the terrans, humanity's descendants in the sector--have entered a cease-fire, but the peace is tenuous at best. When the sudden restoration of an incinerated planet is brought to light, tensions erupt. Neutrality swings back to hostility, and old enemies are accused of developing biological weapons to reignite the bitter conflict. An expedition...
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Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
An investigation of UFOs and aliens combines eyewitness accounts of supposed sightings and interviews with leading UFO experts to explore the possibility of life from other worlds.
12) The 5th wave
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes,...
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
When the neighborhood bully starts following Willy, Lucy, and Kyle around and acting goofy, they suspect that he's been abducted by aliens until Scarface the parrot presents another possibility.
14) United as one
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
Description
John Smith, known as Number Four, has the power to eliminate the leader of the Mogodorians but needs all who have Legacies to form an army for a final showdown.
15) The fall of five
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
After facing off with the Mogadorian ruler and almost being annihilated, the Garde go into hiding. They must learn to master their Legacies and learn to work together as a team. When they receive a sign from Number Five -- a crop circle in the shape of a Loric symbol -- they know they are close to being reunited. But could it be a trap? Time is running out, and the only thing they know for certain is that they have to get to Five before it's too late....
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
With the help of a star-gazing classmate and an unusual assortment of aliens from outer space, teenager Sean Winger tries to find a way to convince his parents to let him pursue his dream of becoming a glass blower.
17) Mr. Wuffles!
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Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs"--
18) Binti
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English
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Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter...
19) Poof! a bot!
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
20) Earthborn
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
Description
Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York, England, home, whether or not her parents go.
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