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Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
TAB 2022: Dorothy Hamm
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
TAB 2022: Dorothy Hamm
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In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.
2) Renegade
Author
Series
Mila 2.0 trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Mila is back on the run--this time with potential boyfriend Hunter by her side. As they search for a man who might know more about her mysterious past, Mila must rely on her android abilities to protect them from the people who want her dead. But embracing her identity as a machine leads her to question the state of her humanity, as well as Hunter's true intentions.
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English
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"Viviana Valentine--Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna--is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains blue-blooded friends as well as investors keen to make a dollar on the many advancements made in his home laboratory, but he's been hearing strange noises in the night coming from his expansive estate,...
Author
Language
English
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Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace's love for all things outer...
5) Vitro
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Resolving to find the mother who left her behind, Sophie enlists the help of a charter pilot to visit a remote Pacific island lab only to encounter genetically enhanced humans created in a scientific experiment who all possess a terrible flaw.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew notebooks volume 6
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Nancy, Bess, and George have picked the perfect subject for their class science project: ice cream. The problem is, the teacher has added someone else to the team--a boy!
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Series
Language
English
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"The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes, but has settled on the edge of the land that was once America. Tom and Hester are happy in the safety of a static settlement, but their daughter Wren is ripe for rebellion. A dangerously charming submarine pirate offers her escape - but he wants something in return. The ancient Tin Book that she steals for him ignites a conflict...
Author
Series
#MurderTrending volume 1
Language
English
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Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.
@doctorfusionbebop: Some 17 y. o. chick named Dee Guerrera was just sent to Alcatraz 2.0 for killing her stepsister. So, how long do you think she'll last? @morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA! @EltonJohnForevzz: Me? I think Dee's innocent....
10) Ghost talkers
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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World War I Collection Spotlight - Espionage
World War I Collection Spotlight - Science Fiction and Fantasy
World War I Collection Spotlight - Science Fiction and Fantasy
Description
"Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force ... Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence...
11) Caught
Author
Series
The missing volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.
12) Redemption
Author
Series
Mila 2.0 trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Mila has been running for her life for so long. But there might be nowhere left for her to go. Having discovered she's a danger to herself and anyone who dares get close to her, Mila goes into hiding with friend and tech-expert Lucas. She just can't risk causing any more pain. Nothing can undo the way she hurt Hunter: the boy she'll always love, the boy who might never forgive her for what she's done. But when Mila discovers that her enemy General...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Recollections of one of the grand masters of science fiction, on his storied career as a celebrated author and on his relationships with other luminaries in the field. This memoir is filled with all the humor and irreverence Harry Harrison's readers have come to expect from the New York Times bestselling author of the uproarious Stainless Steel Rat series. This also includes black and white photos spanning his sixty-year career"--
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Series
Language
English
Description
"The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing less than a dream come true for the both of them. But Thane sours on the dream when he sees firsthand the horrific tactics the Empire uses to maintain its ironclad rule. Bitter...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Five years after the end of World War II, Amie Stilwell returns to her hometown in Maine. There she connects with Shibby Travis, her surrogate mother, and tries to restart her life. But strange events seem to haunt the town--a silent boy is abandoned, a Boston socialite is found dead in a nearby barn, and an old friend believed to be a casualty of the war suddenly reappears. Amie must use all of her skills to discover the truths hiding in Pelican...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mylo never really believed in Martians, unless they had a starring role in one of his comic books. But then a flying saucer crash-lands next to his Roswell, New Mexico, ranch, and he starts to hear voices--like someone is asking for his help. With his best friend Dibs and crush Gracie by his side, and his Cracker Jack superhero membership card, a slingshot, and a small American flag--for peace--in tow, Mylo sets out on an epic adventure to investigate...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The five speculative stories in Theodore McCombs's kaleidoscopic collection span several possible worlds, teasing the boundaries between coexisting realities and taking up the question of queer difference from one surprising vantage after another. In "Toward a Theory of Alternative Lifestyles," a heartbroken gay man waits in line at an exclusive Berlin rave promising visions of parallel lives across the multiverse. In "Six Hangings in the Land of...
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Language
English
Description
Like other ex-slaves, Pascal and his older brother Gideon have been promised forty acres and maybe a mule. With the family of friends they have built along the way, they claim a place of their own. Green Gloryland is the most wonderful place on earth, their own family farm with a healthy cotton crop and plenty to eat. But the notorious night riders have plans to take it away, threatening to tear the beautiful freedom that the two boys are enjoying...
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