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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors...
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Wyman Ford novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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When Tom Broadbent comes across a dying man while riding through a New Mexico canyon, the man asks Tom to deliver a notebook containing mysterious numbers to his daughter, sending Tom on a dangerous journey that puts them in an assassin's path.
4) Messenger
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
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Frank Einstein volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Profiles 18 of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities --
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An ordinary man is kidnapped, knocked unconscious--and awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew.
"Are you happy with your life? " Those are the words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason's never met says, "Welcome back, my friend." In this world, Jason's life is not...
8) Son
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Giver quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from a lifetime of words and ideas -- tales that amaze, enthrall, and horrify; breathtaking journeys...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"This clearly written and profusely illustrated book explains the science behind all the machines, gadgets, systems, and processes we take for granted. The perfect book for techies--young or old, male or female--who read Popular Science and Wired or watch "How It Works" and "How It's Made." National Geographic answers all the questions about how things work--the science, technology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mechanics--in an indispensible...
11) Catching fire
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
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"This fun and educational introduction to the exciting field of robotics the science of designing, building, and operating robots gives kids the basic tools for creating their own robots using ordinary craft materials and parts salvaged from recycled toys and other household devices. Early chapters teach budding roboticists how to create working models of robot hands and write pencil and paper computer programs, while later chapters show them how...
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Star-fighters of Murphy Street volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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The Star-Fighters, under attack by pink goblins and the giant spider Molgotha, try to help a girl locked in the "Pink Palace."
15) The Moon platoon
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Space runners volume 1
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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In the year 2085, an elite group of kids, including twelve-year-old Benny, is selected for a life-changing trip to the Moon and end up as Earth's only defense against an alien invasion.
16) On a clear day
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit.
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Galaxy Zack volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Zack is happy to test a new android his father helped develop for Nebulonics before she goes into production, but her ability to learn causes problems when she develops a crush on Zack after watching a romantic movie.
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Space Odyssey series volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1988
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English
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Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must once again confront Dave Bowman, a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race.
19) So Help Me God
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2022.
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English
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The autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence, focusing on his faith and his public service.
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Jake Drake series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Jake is determined to win the third grade science fair not only for the grand prize, but to beat the annoying class know-it-alls, as well.
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