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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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English
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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"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In 1961, Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have experienced a bizarre night that included extraterrestrials, flying saucers, and a few lost hours during which they could recall very little until they underwent hypnosis. Their mysterious story was just the first of many that have been told by people who have since come forward with their own similar experiences. Although there are thousands of people who claim to have experienced alien abduction, much...
10) 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
Description
"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.
11) 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,...
12) Wazdot?
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Disney * Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
An alien is mystified by the sights and sounds of Earth, but a decoder beam helps identify such oddities as a pig, vegetables, and a tractor.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government. It was a dark and stormy night Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught...
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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
Language
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.
16) The fall of five
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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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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.
18) The last star
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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...
19) Scarlet
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
20) United as one
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Series
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
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.
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