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Author
Series
Last policeman volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set three months before a deadly asteroid is due to hit Earth, this Last Policeman sequel chronicles the further adventures of Hank Palace. The Concord Police Department is now operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, and Hank is out of a job-until he's hired by a business tycoon to help find the man's estranged son. It isn't long before Hank's missing-person case turns into a murder investigation.
Author
Series
Benji Franklin kid zillionaire volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Benji Franklin's problem-solving skills are put to the test when he is asked to find a way to stop an asteroid that is headed right for Earth.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three episodes from the television series. In The Magic school bus Gets Lost in Space the students go on a planetarium field trip and are magically transported out of the earth's atmosphere into space where they visit each of the nine planets. In The Magic School Bus Out of This World they learn about gravity and meteors as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth. In the last episode, The Magic School Bus Taking Flight they learn about the basics of aerodynamics...
Author
Series
Asteroid wars volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
7) Nemesis
Author
Series
Project nemesis volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
HL 540L
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2016].
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Astro, an asteroid that wants nothing more than for his personal outer space to be respected, is hit by a passing satellite and sent on what turns out to be a great adventure from the asteroid belt to Earth. Includes 'space facts'" --
9) After Earth
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon.
10) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family's truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The reader's choices determine if survival is possible when a huge rock hurdles through space on a collision course with Earth.
13) Armageddon
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Language
English
Description
The U.S. government calls upon an oil-well driller and his colorful crew to save the world by flying to an asteroid that's on a collision course for earth and setting off a nuclear bomb to divert it.
14) The aftermath
Author
Series
Asteroid wars volume 4
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system in The Aftermath. In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. When the Syracuse stumbles into the middle of a military attack on the habitat Chrysalis, Victor flees in a control pod to draw the attacker's attention away from his family. Now, as his wife...
15) The future falls
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When NASA and Doomsday Dan confirm Auntie Catherine's prediction of an approaching asteroid, Charlotte "Charlie" Gale turns to her supernaturally complicated family for help and soon discovers that the asteroid is the least of her problems.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
With an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, Doctor Toby Glyer and his partner William Connors must find a way to make contact with their wayward children -- the Briareus nanites -- and save the planet.
17) Birth of an age
Author
Series
Christ clone trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
253 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Water City trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Year 2150: Eight years after the murder of Akira Kimura, Water City's renowned scientist and anointed 'God,' the nameless antihero who once risked everything to find Akira's killer is no longer a detective, but a stay-at-home dad. While his wife climbs the corporate ladder of the Water City Police Department, he raises his now nine-year-old daughter and occasionally takes the odd job as a bounty hunter. Water City's domestic bliss is threatened when...