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Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 8
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
One last chance . . . for Max, Fang, and Dylan . . . before it all ends. "Nevermore" is one last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing ending that no one could have seen coming.
42) Extinction code
Author
Series
Ancient origins volume 1
Publisher
[Prescott Publishing]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Geophysicist Jack Greer believes he may finally have found the resting place of the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago. A few miles off the Yucatán coast, Jack and a team of scientists tow an aging drilling platform over the impact crater with the aim of securing a sample. But buried deep beneath the earth lies a shocking discovery that threatens to shatter everything we think we know about the origins of our species....
Author
Series
Ancient origins volume 2
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Jack Greer's startling discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico proved to the world we were not alone in the universe. But when images from the Voyager One space probe reveal an alien doomsday ship hurtling toward the earth, the human race seems marked for extinction. As news of the approaching ship spreads panic around the glove, signs of a sinister plot begin to emerge. One that threatens to unravel the already fragile fabric of society and everything...
Author
Series
Ancient origins volume 3
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"With the doomsday ship only days away from impacting the Earth, humanity's demise seems all but assured. In every corner of the world, news of the impending destruction has led to chaos, looting and the collapse of the rule of law. As the foundations of civilization crumble around them, Jack and Mia must race to find answers to perhaps the most important questions of all time. Why have the Ateans repeatedly eradicated life on our planet? And...
45) DNA is not destiny: the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes
Author
Publisher
W.W . Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. We've become accustomed to breathless media coverage...
46) Ender's game
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Once again, the Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival of humanity depends on a military genius who can defeat the aliens. But who? Ender Wiggin is brilliant, ruthless, and cunning, a tactical and strategic master, and a child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battle School. How will Ender perform in real combat conditions?...
Author
Series
Mercenary librarians volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nina is an information broker with a mission--she and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to save the hopeless in a crumbling America. Knox is the bitter, battle-weary captain of the Silver Devils. His squad of supersoldiers went AWOL to avoid slaughtering innocents, and now he's fighting to survive. They're on a deadly collision course, and the passion that flares between them only makes it more dangerous. They could burn down the...
48) The games
Author
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"This stunning first novel from Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist Ted Kosmatka is a riveting tale of science cut loose from ethics. Set in an amoral future where genetically engineered monstrosities fight each other to the death in an Olympic event, The Games envisions a harrowing world that may arrive sooner than you think. Silas Williams is the brilliant geneticist in charge of preparing the U.S. entry into the Olympic Gladiator...
49) Woken furies
Author
Series
Takeshi Kovacs novels volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan's World forever. In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the...
Author
Series
Argeneau series volume 34
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stephanie McGill was attacked and turned when she was just a teenager. Worse, her abilities are unlike any other immortal. Now thirteen years later, with the help of her adopted Argeneau family, Steph has carved out a new--if not lonely--life for herself. Until a new neighbor arrives... Thorne is also one-of-a-kind. The result of a genetic experiment, he's not an immortal, but he's not mortal either. He's looking for a place to hide, to get some...
51) Horizon
Author
Series
Above World volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Aluna and Hoku, Kampii from the City of Shifting Tides, and their friends, Equian Dash and winged Aviar Calli, are determined to stop a war. The maniacal ex-scientist Karl Strand is planning to conquer the world with his enormous army of tech-enhanced soldiers-- unless the four friends can get to Strand first. Aluna's plan is dangerous: pose as Upgraders and infiltrate the army. But the enemy isn't what they expected and the strategy begins to crumble....
Author
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1997, ©1996
Language
English
Description
Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order,...
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Kobo has some problems. His cybernetics are a decade out of date, he's got a pair of twin sister loan sharks knocking on his door, and his work scouting for a baseball league run by pharmaceutical companies is about to go belly-up. Things couldn't get much worse. Then his childhood best friend--Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz--is murdered at home plate. Determined to find the killer, Kobo plunges into the dark corners and glittering cloud condos...
54) Leviathan
Author
Series
Leviathan trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After covert experiments by the Genomex Corporation went wrong, the human subjects were transformed into mutants, and a new generation of action heroes was born. With their extraordinary superpowers, the Mutant X team members fight to save mutants from the clutches of Genomex and to protect humanity from evil threats in the complete collection of the action-packed sci-fi series.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After covert experiments by the Genomex Corporation went wrong, the human subjects were transformed into mutants, and a new generation of action heroes was born. With their extraordinary superpowers, the Mutant X team members fight to save mutants from the clutches of Genomex and to protect humanity from evil threats in the complete collection of the action-packed sci-fi series.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After covert experiments by the Genomex Corporation went wrong, the human subjects were transformed into mutants, and a new generation of action heroes was born. With their extraordinary superpowers, the Mutant X team members fight to save mutants from the clutches of Genomex and to protect humanity from evil threats in the complete collection of the action-packed sci-fi series.
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The members of the Ghost Brigades, made up of perfect soldiers created from the DNA of the dead, band together to protect the future of humanity when three alien races vow to stop humans' expansion into space.
59) Ten Low
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
At the edge of the universe, ex-medic and ex-con Ten Low rescues a teenage girl from a crashed spacecraft, and finding that she's a genetically-engineered super soldier who was targeted for assassination, sets out with her on a dangerous mission to cross the lawless alien moon.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as somaforming, astronauts can survive in hostile environments off Earth using synthetic biological supplementations. They can produce antifreeze in subzero temperatures, absorb radiation and convert it for food, and conveniently adjust to the pull of different gravitational forces. With the fragility of the body no...
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