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4) Our stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to the stars, planets, and outer space.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 Allied fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. For many years, Vonnegut tried to write about Dresden by the words would not come. When he did write about it, he combined his trademark humour, unfettered imagination, boundless humanity and keen sense of irony to create one of...
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English
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Lonely Planet Dublin is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sample a Guinness in a genuine Irish pub; soak in the academic atmosphere at Trinity College; or admire impressionist masterpieces at the Dublin City Gallery; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Dublin and begin your journey now!
9) Rainbow Mars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Five-time Hugo Award-winner Larry Niven weaves together time travel and fantasy to create an utterly unique novel on the origin of the Martian "canals."
Hanville Svetz was born into a future earth that matches the sorriest predictions of Greenpeace. With most of Earth's original species extinct, Svetz travels back and forth in time retrieving them. Svetz learns that Mars was inhabited, and how the sapient Martian species were wiped out. He forsees...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.
11) Nova's ark
Author
Publisher
Callaway & Kirk
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Nova, a robot boy from the planet Roton, accidentally rockets himself into space during a class field trip and eventually stumbles across the energy source his planet needs for survival.
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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2018-
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Egypt is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wonder at the construction of the Pyramids of Giza, wander through the columned halls of the great temple complexes of Luxor, and dive through an underwater world of coral cliffs and colourful fish in the Red Sea - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Egypt and begin your journey now!...
13) Return to Mars
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Series
Grand tour of the solar system volume 6
Language
English
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Jamie Waterman is named commander of a second journey back to Mars, where he must overcome a destructive rivalry, emotional upheaval, and a series of deadly "accidents" to unlock the secrets of the Martian world.
14) The reformer
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Series
General series volume 7
Language
English
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ON THIS PLANET, HUMANS HAD FORGOTTEN THEIR HERITAGE- UNTIL IT CAME LOOKING FOR THEM!
After the collapse of the galactic Web, civilizations crumbled and chaos reigned on thousands of planets. Only on planet Bellevue was there a difference. There, a Fleet Battle Computer named Center had survived from the old civilization. When it found Raj Whitehall, the man who could execute its plan for reviving human civilization, he and Center started Bellevue...
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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet Thailand is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander through wild orchids in Mae Hong Son, charter a longtail boat on the Andaman Coast or look for tigers and monkeys in national parks; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Thailand and begin your journey now!
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Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Follow Old San Juan's labyrinthine laneways, laze on the sand at Playa Flamenco, or kayak into the bioluminescent bay at Vieques; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Puerto Rico and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Puerto Rico Travel Guide: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get...
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Series
Patrick's dinosaurs volume 3
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After looking up information about dinosaurs on his computer, Patrick is awakened by a dinosaur who arrives in a spaceship to take Patrick to his planet for show and tell.
20) Healthy diet
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Series
Language
English
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"The world is full of so many different foods. Proteins help our bodies grow and repair themselves. Carbohydrates give us energy to do things. The foods we eat help us live well. A mix of scientific information and fun examples makes it easy to learn about the foods we eat and the ways we can eat healthier"--