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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsA publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie...Categorized as:
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Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRandom House/Lamb has bought Nicole Panteleakos's debut middle grade novel, Planet Earth Is Blue. The book follows Nova, an autistic, nonverbal, space-obsessed 12-year-old who is awaiting the Challenger shuttle launch and the return of her big sister, Bridget, as she struggles to be understood, and ultimately, shines in her new foster family. Publication is set for summer 2019... -
Earth Flight by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt's time to risk it all!The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy.Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets...Categorized as:
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HMS Nightingale by J.A. Sutherland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Lieutenant Alexis Carew, it should be the perfect assignment — a command of her own and a chance to return to her home star system...Categorized as:
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The Man in the Moon by William Joyce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a newly orphaned baby in the moon makes friends with the children of Earth, he seeks a way to ward off their fears and nightmares.Up there in the sky.Don’t you see him?No, not the moon.The Man in the Moon.He wasn’t always a man.Nor was he always on the moon.He was once a child.Like you.Until a battle,a shooting star,and a lost balloonled him on a quest... -
Mutineer by J.A. Sutherland
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJust as Midshipman Alexis Carew thinks she’s found a place in the Royal Navy, she’s transferred aboard H.M.S. Hermione. Her captain is a tartar, liberal with the cat, who thinks girls have no place aboard ship. The other midshipmen in the berth are no better. The only advice she’s offered is to keep her head down and mouth shut – things Alexis is rarely able to do...Categorized as:
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Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?" A smile soared across my face. "As high as I possibly can." Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes:Kate announces she is engaged—and not to Matt... -
Change by Tony Corden
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAtherleah grew up in the gang-controlled suburbs of Brisbane at the end of the twenty-first century. From the age of six, she decided that she wanted more, and with the help of her local gang-leader, Leah learned the skills to escape a life of mediocrity...Categorized as:
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Ipseity by Tony Corden
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA simple error leaves Leah with a unique Neural Enhancement Chip and a rapidly evolving AI implanted in her brain. In 'Nascent', she evaded kidnapping by virtual slavers and helped shut down some operations of the virtual crime syndicate that uses mind-controlled players as slaves...Categorized as:
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Clues to the Universe by Christina Li
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis #ownvoices debut about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to questions bigger than yourself will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly, Sara Pennypacker, and Rebecca Stead.On the surface, Rosalind Ling Geraghty and Benjamin Burns are completely different. Aspiring rocket scientist Ro normally has a plan for everything... -
Local Custom by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaster trader Er Thom knows the local custom of Liaden is to be matched with a proper bride, and provide his prominent clan Korval with an heir. Yet his heart is immersed in another universe, influenced by another culture, and lost to a woman not of his world. And to take a Terran wife such as scholar Anne Davis is to risk his honor and reputation... -
Once Upon a Time by Alessandra Hazard
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA very proper prince and a rude, dangerous man who may or may not be a stableman: a fairy-tale love story...Ice Prince.Prince Jamil of Calluvia has always disliked that moniker, but he is responsible and proper, and it's probably accurate to say that he isn't good at emotions. After being widowed, Jamil’s life has revolved around his duties as a crown prince and little else... -
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly, Ramón de Ocampo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's January 1986. The launch of the Challenger is just weeks away, and Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware.Cash loves basketball, Dr. J, and a girl named Penny; he's also in danger of failing seventh grade for a second time...Categorized as:
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Titanium Texicans by Alan Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-Year-old Tasso Menzies just finished burying his grandfather next to his mother and grandmother on the family farm when he receives an order from his estranged uncle to come to Capital City. He doesn’t want to leave the only home he’s ever known. He doesn’t want to be apprenticed on a space freighter crewed by Texas cowboys of Mexican descent...Categorized as:
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The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThirty years ago, Elma York led the expedition that paved the way to life on Mars. For years she's been longing to go back up there, to once more explore the stars. But there are few opportunities for an aging astronaut, even the famous Lady Astronaut of Mars. When her chance finally comes, it may be too late...Categorized as:
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Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsHOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon...Categorized as:
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Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston, Jacqueline Rayner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips...1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?1939, New York... -
The Zero Curse by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaitlyn Aguirre is no magician ... ... But that doesn't make her useless. After discovering her true talent and uncovering the long-lost secret behind Objects of Power, Cat returns to school - intent on showing everyone what she can do. But her mere existence is a threat to the balance of power, convincing some to befriend her, some to try to use her ... and some to remove her... -
Torenhoog en mijlen breed: een toekomstverhaal by Tonke Dragt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found hereNaar wouden heeft Edu zijn hele leven al verlangd. Op aarde zijn de bossen inmiddels verdwenen, en daarom is hij planeetonderzoeker geworden. Hij wil naar Venus, waar nog wel wouden zijn.Op Venus hebben de mensen zich echter teruggetrokken onder een veilige koepel. Ze zijn bang voor alles wat met de natuur te maken heeft... -
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA funny and heartwarming middle-grade historical fiction novel about a girl who writes letters to her favorite astronaut as America prepares for the moon landing.It’s 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. history: men landing on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie’s class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts...Categorized as:
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The Tide of Victory by Eric Flint, David Drake
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsArmed with lancers, breech-loading rifles, steamships, and galleys, General Belisarius, accompanied by his own ally from the future, ventures into the Malwa Empire, a sixth-century kingdom ruled by Link, a horrifying and evil entity from the future...Categorized as:
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Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFantastist Catherynne M. Valente takes on the folklore of artificial intelligence in this brand new, original novella of technology, identity, and an uncertain mechanized future.Neva is dreaming. But she is not alone... -
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThis story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn't easy to climb all the way to the moon, but he finally succeeds--only to find that the moon is too big to carry home! The way the problem is resolved is a joyful surprise. Illustrated... -
Earth Bound by Emma Barry, Genevieve Turner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHouston, Texas, 1961 The race to the moon is on, and engineer Eugene Parsons has two enemies: danger and distraction. Nothing is more distracting than his attraction to the brilliant, beautiful computer scientist on his team, but he’s determined to overcome it since he needs her to help America win. Charlie Eason is used to men underestimating her...Categorized as:
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Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStunning, devastating, Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron. Sam Sakamoto doesn't have space in her life for dreams. With the recent death of her mother, Sam's focus is the farm, which her family will lose if they can't make one last payment... -
Relentless by Lauren Dane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the erotic universe created by hot new talent Lauren Dane, passion knows no rank... Fifteen Families rule the Federated Universes-and Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. She's always been too driven to pay much attention to love. But when she meets Roman Lyons, Head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, Abbie's attraction catches her off-guard.. -
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTracking the evolution of Hansel and Gretel at seventy-five-year intervals that correspond with earth’s visits by Halley’s Comet, The Archive of Alternate Endings explores how stories are disseminated and shared, edited and censored, voiced and left untold.In 1456, Johannes Gutenberg’s sister uses the tale as a surrogate for sharing a family secret only her brother believes...Categorized as:
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The Andalite Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHis name is Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul.An Andalite war-prince. The one who gave five young humans the ability to morph into any animal they touch. They are still out there, fighting an evil so powerful there isn't a moment that goes by when they can actually feel safe. Their story continues.But this is how it all began.The story that came before Animorphs . . -
A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings by Madeleine L'Engle
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsNow, 40 years after A Wrinkle in Time was first published to become one of the landmark books in childrens' literature, Square Fish is proud to present this Newbery Medal winner, completely redesigned and with bonus material, including an appreciation by Anna Quindlen, a new interview with Madeleine L'Engle, and the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech...Categorized as:
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The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHelva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilarating escapades in space!Her life was to be rich and rewarding . .Categorized as:
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The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAs Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away...Categorized as:
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LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's just another day on the Scrap: lose the last of your credits at the WarDome, dodge the gangs and religious fanatics, discover you can destroy electronics with your mind, stumble upon the deadliest robot ever built When Eve finds the ruins of an android boy named Ezekiel in the scrap pile she calls home, her entire world comes crashing down... -
For Love of Mother-Not by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestselling author Alan Dean Foster, an exciting early Pip and Flinx novel that shows the origins of a certain boy with special powers--and the mini-dragon that becomes his devoted sidekick. . . .Flinx was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely compelling stare when Mather Mastiff first saw him an the auctioneer's block. One hundred credits and he was hers... -
Railhead by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCome with me, Zen Starling, she had said. The girl in the red coat. But how did she know his name? The Great Network is a place of drones and androids, maintenance spiders and Station Angels. The place of the thousand gates, where sentient trains criss-cross the galaxy in a heartbeat. Zen Starling is a petty thief, a street urchin from Thunder City... -
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The Solution by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDavid, the newest Animorph, is not what he appears. His need to control the other Animorphs and Ax is all he thinks about. And the things he does are starting to break up the group.Rachel and the others know that time is running out. The newest battle against the Yeerks is the most important one yet. And it's not one that will wait. Winning this fight could mean slowing down the invasion... -
Rimrunners by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMeet Elizabeth Yeager, "Spacer, machinist, temp." A refugee waiting for a ship to call home, Bet Yeager was once a marine. Now she's on the run. In the action-packed tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, David A. Drake's Hammer's Slammers, and her own bestselling Chanur series, C.J...Categorized as:
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Starcross by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsArt, Myrtle, and their mother accept the kind invitation of a holiday to an up-and-coming asteroid resort...Categorized as:
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Mothstorm by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sinister cloud had appeared on the edge of the Solar System, and seemed to be moving closer. Rather than sit idly by, my family and I decided that we should investigate whatever monstrous force of darkness hid within...Categorized as:
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Swords and Saddles by Jack Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series, author Jack Campbell has taken readers and Captain Black Jack Geary on a fast-paced journey of conquest across vast reaches of space. Now, in the three novellas contained in Swords and Saddles, first in a series of short fiction collections from Jack Campbell, readers can explore the entire universe of Campbell's fiction...Categorized as:
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Harold's Trip to the Sky by Crockett Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.One night Harold, with his trusty purple crayon, decides to go to on a voyage to Mars. He flies past planets, comets, and even the moon...Categorized as:
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Taking Off by Jenny Moss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReimagining the days surrounding this unforgettable event in history, readers are brought back to 1986 as the astronauts prepare for the Challenger mission, and Christa McAullife trains to be the first teacher in space. When a teen named Annie meets Christa, she is fascinated by Christa's courage...Categorized as:
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Beauty and the Alien Beast by Sedona Venez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you into ALPHA hot alien warriors, sci-fi alien romance, strong women, intense action and A LOT of steam? Well, hold onto your seat and welcome to the world of Galaxy Alien Warriors, where the aliens are hot, alpha, protective and shifters… After being abducted from Earth by alien slavers, Ella is rescued by a hot alien warrior who flees with her into the hostile wilderness of his home... -
Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy...Categorized as:
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Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Three . . . two . . . one . . . BLAST OFF!The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the moon—and the future. Their mission? To find the last "M" thing that will free Morgan from the spell...Categorized as:
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Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny... -
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCenturies after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant memory. Yet on the isle of Galatea, an uprising against the ruling aristocrats has turned deadly... -
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDivided by time. Ignited by a spark.Kansas, 2065. Adri has secured a slot as a Colonist—one of the lucky few handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house over a hundred years ago, and is immediately drawn into the mystery surrounding her fate...Categorized as:
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Keeper Of The Heart by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*A New York Times Bestseller A dreamspinner extraordinnaire. -- "Romantic Times" In search of true love, Shanelle Ly-San-Ter flees the lustful advance of the blue-eyed barbarian who has been chosen as her lifemate, yet she's confused by the yearning the handsome brute has awakened in her... -
Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThis is one of the classic titles originally know as the "Heinlein Juveniles," written in the 1950 and published for the young adult market. It has since been in print for 50 years in paperback, and now returns to hardcover for a new generation... -
Space by James A. Michener
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAlready a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier...Categorized as:
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