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The Time Hunters and the Lost City by Carl Ashmore
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘The Time Hunters and the Lost City’ is the fifth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga. On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake first hand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history...Categorized as:
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![Inside the Maze Runner: The Guide to the Glade by James Dashner]()
Inside the Maze Runner: The Guide to the Glade by James Dashner
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in James Dashner’s New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series is soon to be a major motion picture. Featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, the movie will be in theaters September 19, 2014. The Maze Runner is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent...Categorized as:
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Atlic by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long does it take for ‘astounding’ to become ‘normal’?Three weeks after returning from her last mission, Stassi 2446-89 is finally ready to move on from the events in Paris, with one exception: the hitchhiker, Charles DuPree...Categorized as:
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![Legends Untold by Sophie Davis]()
Legends Untold by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Stassi and her teammates, only one thing is certain: Heads. Will. Roll. With rebellions rising and the Inquisition marching towards England, the stakes are higher than ever for the Atlic Syndicate’s runners. Their target is sixteen-year old Lady Jane Grey, one of history’s most tragic figures. When Stassi and the gang arrive, Jane has just begun her ill-fated reign as Queen of England... -
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![The Shores Beyond Time by Kevin Emerson]()
The Shores Beyond Time by Kevin Emerson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conclusion to Kevin Emerson’s epic, which Tui Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series, has called “perfect science fiction.”It is Earth year 2256—but the fate of the few who even remember Earth is perilously in doubt... -
![The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction by Arthur B. Evans, Edmond Hamilton]()
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction by Arthur B. Evans, Edmond Hamilton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150 years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom use... -
![Universo Star Wars by Tricia Barr, Daniel Wallace]()
Universo Star Wars by Tricia Barr, Daniel Wallace
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."Ultimate Star Wars is a comprehensive, wonderfully detailed encyclopedia of the entire Star Wars galaxy that explores characters, creatures, locations, vehicles, technology, and more... -
![Doctor Who: Spare Parts by Marc Platt, Peter Davison]()
Doctor Who: Spare Parts by Marc Platt, Peter Davison
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth's long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity... -
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সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ১ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর প্রথম ৮ টি প্রকাশিত গ্রন্থের সমগ্র।*কপোট্রনিক সুখদুঃখ*মহাকাশে মহাত্রাস*ক্রুগো*টাইট্রন একটি গ্রহের নাম*বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার*ওমিক্রনিক রূপান্তর*টুকুনজিল*যারা... -
![The Eve Illusion by Giovanna Fletcher]()
The Eve Illusion by Giovanna Fletcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second book in the bestselling Eve of Man trilogy.Eve is the last girl on earth.For the last sixteen years, Eve has been a prisoner. Guarded by the Mothers. Trapped by her fate. Watched by the world.Until she took her chance, and escaped.Eve finally has the freedom she has wanted for so long, and with Bram she has the love. But both come at a price...Categorized as:
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![Three's a Crowd! by Ray O'Ryan]()
Three's a Crowd! by Ray O'Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack finds out that two best friends are better than one in this chapter book adventure.Zack is thrilled when he finds out that his best friend on Earth, Bert Jones, is going to visit him on Nebulon. Zack can’t wait to show Bert around the new planet, as well as his new school. But when Bert meets Drake, Zack’s best friend on Nebulon, some jealousy starts to brew... -
![Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan]()
Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack learns that appearances aren’t everything when he has an up-close-and-personal monster encounter in this chapter book adventure.Zack is shocked when he goes to school one day and finds a monster in his seat! Who/what is this creature? At first Zack is scared, but he soon finds that this monster, Al, is kind and friendly... -
![George and the Ship of Time by Lucy Hawking]()
George and the Ship of Time by Lucy Hawking
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeorge travels to the future in the epic conclusion of the George’s Secret Key series from Lucy Hawking.When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. Surely now he can return to Earth. But when George touches down, he knows immediately that something is wrong...Categorized as:
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ASIN: B08MDG7DZK by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMica and Malisa Flores learn that their missing mother, Ivy, isn’t missing at all. Her sudden disappearance three years before has left the sisters devastated. They are given a mysterious journal written by their long-lost mother. Their mother was pushed back 17,000 years into the past, into the Paleolithic era... -
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![Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation by Sylvia Liu]()
Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation by Sylvia Liu
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for fans of Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, this thrilling, cinematic sci-fi novel follows Hana Hsu’s mission to save herself—and her friends—from a dangerous plot to control their minds.Hana Hsu can’t wait to be meshed... -
![Earth Force Rising by Monica Tesler]()
Earth Force Rising by Monica Tesler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirteen years ago, Earth Force—a space-military agency—discovered a connection between brain structure and space travel. Now they’ve brought together the first team of cadets, called Bounders, to be trained as high-level astronauts.Twelve-year-old Jasper is part of this team being sent out into space... -
![Back to the Future by Kim Smith]()
Back to the Future by Kim Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreat Scott!! The latest in Quirk's series of Pop Classic Picture Books (following HOME ALONE, THE X-FILES, and E.T... -
![Ted & Me by Dan Gutman, Johnny Heller]()
Ted & Me by Dan Gutman, Johnny Heller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams' life and career...Categorized as:
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![Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold]()
Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak of a deadly man-made disease many years earlier. While most people seem content to live in such a cage, she and her little brother Bear have always known about their resistance to the disease, and dream of escaping into the wild. To the one place humans have survived outside of cities...Categorized as:
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![Doctor Who: The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman, Colin Baker]()
Doctor Who: The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman, Colin Baker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe TARDIS lands in a forbidding castle in a time of religious upheaval. The old god has been overthrown, and all heretics are to be slaughtered. Obviously it isn't the sort of thing which would happen there every day - just every few years or so. And when the Doctor and Frobisher are hailed as messengers from heaven, they quickly become vital to opposing factions in their struggle for power...Categorized as:
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![The Oceans Between Stars by Kevin Emerson]()
The Oceans Between Stars by Kevin Emerson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone... -
![Fallout by Chris Morphew]()
Fallout by Chris Morphew
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control … or else history is doomed to repeat itself... -
![The Fran with Four Brains by Jim Benton]()
The Fran with Four Brains by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGoosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy fans, meet Franny!Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can become overwhelming. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments: herself... -
![Back to the Future, Part 2 by Craig Shaw Gardner]()
Back to the Future, Part 2 by Craig Shaw Gardner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere was a time when Marty McFly was never in time for classes and never in time for dinner. Then one day, he wasn't in his time at all. Thanks to Doc Brown and his impossibly fast DeLorean, Marty returned to the past, changed his future (or present, depending on how you look at it), and then he.. -
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![The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron]()
The Terminator by Randall Frakes, James Cameron
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA novel by Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher; based on a screenplay by James Cameron with Gale Anne Hurd.More deadly than any man alive.The time is now... but he comes from the Year of Darkness, 2029. He was created to reshape the future by destroying the present. He feels no pity, no pain, no fear. He feels nothing. He is an unstoppable killing machine programmed for murder. He is.. -
![Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton]()
Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thrilling quest through the past with Geronimo Stilton and his friends. Geronimo travels through time to Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Francis Drake, and a young Mozart... -
![The Ark Plan by Laura Martin]()
The Ark Plan by Laura Martin
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJurassic World meets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in this epic new middle grade series full of heart-pounding action and breathtaking chills! "Amazing adventures!" raves Brightly.com as they recommend Edge of Extinction as a 2016 Holiday Gift for Tween Readers. One hundred and fifty years ago, the first dinosaurs were cloned. Soon after, they replaced humans at the top of the food chain... -
![The Titanic Mission by Dan Gutman]()
The Titanic Mission by Dan Gutman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe eccentric billionaire Miss Zandergoth is very disappointed with the Flashback Four. Luke, Isabel, David, and Julia did not come back from their first time-traveling adventure with a photograph of Abe Lincoln delivering the famous Gettysburg Address for Miss Z’s rare-photograph collection...Categorized as:
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![The Time Machine by Chris Sasaki, H.G. Wells]()
The Time Machine by Chris Sasaki, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIllus. in black-and-white. When a turn-of-the-century scientist travels into the distant future in his time machine, he expects to find progress and superior people. But instead he discovers a world in decay. Reading level: 2.4... -
![Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres]()
Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting lost in the wrong time was bad enough. But things get far worse for Josh Gardner when he can't even find his way back to his own universe. When his ex-girlfriend, Lauren, starts having recurring nightmares about a strange alternate reality in which she was murdered, Josh becomes interested in proving the existence of other universes...Categorized as:
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![Threads in Time by Hannah De Giorgis]()
Threads in Time by Hannah De Giorgis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty-two-year-old Lyndall Huxley wakes to find herself thousands of years into the future. Something went wrong with the programme for which she volunteered - a programme that employs Einstein’s laws of relativity to send travellers forward in time. The ruins overrun by green woodland in which she wakes are a far cry from the urbanised world she left behind in the 2200's... -
![The Ivory Rose by Belinda Murrell]()
The Ivory Rose by Belinda Murrell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA timeslip tale of mystery, murder, and trying to find the way homeGeorgie’s sad. She wants me to help her. Can’t you see her, Jemma? She’s right there.Jemma has just landed her first babysitting job, in one of the famous Witches’ Houses. Sammy says it’s haunted, but Jemma doesn’t know what to believe. One day Jemma discovers an ivory rose charm. As she touches it she sees a terrifying flashback...Categorized as:
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![Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow]()
Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no-one knows exists. Its purpose—to prevent time travel destroying history . .Categorized as:
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![Saves the Future by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein]()
Saves the Future by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlbert Einstein + James Patterson = A Must Read! The world's #1 bestselling author has teamed up with the world's most famous genius to entertain, educate and inspire a generation of kids--with the first and only kids' book series officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives...Categorized as:
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![Serendipity Ranch and the Quilters of the Apocalypse by Diana E. Anderson]()
Serendipity Ranch and the Quilters of the Apocalypse by Diana E. Anderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRachel and Joel Matthews lived next door to Chris and Scott Wilson. Not only were the four best friends, but they were also preppers, believing that they needed to be prepared for the troubled times they firmly believed were coming. Although they dearly wished they could afford to purchase some kind of “bug-out” location, none of them had that kind of money...Categorized as:
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![The Trap Door by Lisa McMann]()
The Trap Door by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe multi-platform adventure through time continues! Dak, Sera, and Riq return to the United States and walk immediately into a deadly trap. The year is 1850, and the nation is divided over the issue of slavery. In these dark days, the Underground Railroad provides a light of hope, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom. But the SQ has taken control of the Underground Railroad from within...Categorized as:
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![Curse of the Ancients by Matt de la Peña]()
Curse of the Ancients by Matt de la Peña
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the publishers of Spirit Animals and The 39 Clues and the mind of James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner. Action, humor, and real history collide in the Infinity Ring series! Sera has a secret. She's seen the future, and it is a terrifying place...Categorized as:
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![Arrival by Chris Morphew]()
Arrival by Chris Morphew
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLuke is having a rough year. When his parents split up, his mum drags him to Phoenix, a brand-new town in the middle of nowhere.But Phoenix is no ordinary town. There are no cars, no phones and no internet. Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets.Then he discovers that someone is plotting to wipe out the human race. Phoenix is suddenly the safest and most dangerous place on earth...Categorized as:
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![The Traitor by Richard Paul Evans]()
The Traitor by Richard Paul Evans
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this electrifying ninth installment of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Michael Vey series, the Electroclan must fight a former friend to save their captured ally!With Tara still in the clutches of the Elite Elgen Guard Unit the Chasqui and their malevolent leader, the Sovereign Amash, Michael Vey and the Electroclan have no choice but to continue the fierce battle that has... -
![Actualized by Jenetta Penner]()
Actualized by Jenetta Penner
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt comes down to one choice... save the world or save the ones you love. Read the exciting and emotional conclusion to the Configured Trilogy... -
![The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator]()
The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen eleven-year-old Tycho discovers that the mysterious egg-shaped object he dug up in his garden is a time travel device, he can’t resist using his newfound power. Soon he is jumping back and forth in time, mostly to play tricks on his bossy older brothers and sister...Categorized as:
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![Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox]()
Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world…from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse. Llama’s back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN… this time with his best camelid, Alpaca!Llama loves cooking. And baking. And, above all, eating... -
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Syncing Forward by W. Lawrence
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsISBN moved from less recent edition hereWould you ever travel forward in time if you knew it was a one-way trip? Mr. Martin James has no such desire, but after being injected with a mysterious drug against his will, Martin hurtles through the years. This cruel twist of fate forces him to watch his children grow up and his wife grow old in a matter of days... -
![Bleak by Jacqueline Druga]()
Bleak by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReyanne Harper is an elementary school teacher in a not-so-normal world. Destructive hail storms and earthquakes, food shortages, and significantly rising sea levels are becoming the new norm. But there is a plan to save the human race. A plan Reyanne unknowingly helped to formulate...Categorized as:
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![Bot Wars by J.V. Kade]()
Bot Wars by J.V. Kade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare all robots terrorists and ban them from the Districts... -
![The Klaatu Terminus by Pete Hautman, Peter Berkrot]()
The Klaatu Terminus by Pete Hautman, Peter Berkrot
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKosh did not feel courageous. Looking at the disko, it was all he could do not to collapse into a quaking, blubbering puddle of terror. He was half certain he was going to die. But the alternative—leaving Emma in the hands of Gheen without even trying to rescue her—was unthinkable. He would not want to live if he had to live with that.“It’s not courage,” he said, “if you have no choice...Categorized as:
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![The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick]()
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories By Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith an Introduction by James Tiptree, Jr."More than anyone else in the field, Mr. Dick really puts you inside people's minds." --Wall Street JournalMany thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick to have been the greatest science fiction writer on any planet... -
![Doctor Who: Seeing I by Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman]()
Doctor Who: Seeing I by Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe has no idea why Samantha Jones ran away from him.Sam is homeless on the streets of the colony world of Ha'olam, trying to face what's just happened between her and the Doctor. He's searching for her, and for answers... -
![The Boy Who Played With Dark Matter by Holy Ghost Writer]()
The Boy Who Played With Dark Matter by Holy Ghost Writer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZeddy, a 6 year old boy in the year 2099, finds himself setting out on an incredible adventure following the mysterious disappearance of his father. Zeddy discovers that there is more to the world than meets the eye and things in the universe that he never imagined...Categorized as:
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![Hunted by Christine Kersey]()
Hunted by Christine Kersey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the final book in the Parallel Trilogy.Trapped in a parallel universe where it is illegal to be overweight, sixteen-year-old Morgan Campbell is on the run with Billy Foster, the boy who helped her escape Camp Willowmoss, the Federally Assisted Thinning (F.A.T.) center where they were both held prisoner...Categorized as:
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