Kevin R. Free
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
Author
Series
Kane chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carter and Sade prepare for the ultimate confrontation with the chaos snake Apophis at the same time the House of Life magicians launch a civil war, compelling the Kanes to tap the power of an ancient spell.
4) Otherworldly
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a land where the supernatural is believed to be real, non-believer Ellery and familiar Knox from the Other World form an unexpected alliance to strike a deal that could alter their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: From New York Times bestselling adult author Joseph Fink comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel about a Halloween-obsessed girl named Esther Gold, who goes out trick-or-treating for one last year, only to find her town under the thrall of a mysterious presence.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day-by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains"--
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A decorated former Army Captain describes his ongoing battles with post-traumatic stress disorder and the importance of his Golden Retriever service dog, Tuesday, discussing his dog's help in bringing healing to himself and other veterans.
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
1969, 1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.
Author
Series
Good girl's guide to murder volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
10) All systems red
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 1
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
January 2019.
Language
English
Description
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isnt a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied "droid" ; a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 2
Publisher
Tor.com, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics. It appeals to fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. The main character is a deadly security droid that has bucked its restrictive programming and is balanced between...
12) Rogue protocol
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 3
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The third thrilling book in the increasingly popular Murderbot Diaries, which began with All Systems Red. SciFi's favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good. Martha Wells' Rogue Protocol is the third in...
13) Network effect
Author
Series
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since. Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect.
You know that feeling when you're at work, and you've had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want...
14) Exit strategy
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 4
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"I love Murderbot!" -Ann Leckie The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah-its former...
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 6
Publisher
Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry! Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today. No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot...
16) Verdi
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Childrens Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Verdi the python is very proud of his beautiful bright yellow skin and the bold black stripes that zigzag down his back. But as his mother sends him off into the steamy jungle of his island home, she says, "Grow up big and green." Verdi thinks the old green pythons that laze around in the treetops are boring. He's sure that if he can keep jumping and climbing and moving fast, he'll stay yellow and striped forever. Will Verdi's tricks really keep him...
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A latest series entry by the Geisel Honor-winning team finds King and Kayla helping their friend Asia, who has discovered that her new gold ring has gone missing after a day of playing in the snow.
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
Joe Haldeman is the esteemed Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of The Forever War. Things are going nowhere for lowly MIT research assistant Matt Fuller-especially not after his girlfriend drops him for another man. But then while working late one night, he inadvertently stumbles upon what may be the greatest scientific breakthrough ever. His luck, however, runs out when he finds himself wanted for murder-in the future.