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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of 'what do people need?' is answered. But the answer...
3) Crazy house
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seen through the diary of Jacob, an Amish farmer trying to protect his family and his way of life, the book examines the idea of peace in the face of deadly chaos when an Amish community in Pennsylvania is caught up in the devastating aftermath of a catastrophic solar storm and the subsequent collapse of modern civilization.
6) Deadpool 2
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Deadpool organizes a team to protect a mutant boy from a time-traveling cyborg.
7) M3GAN
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unrated edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence, a lifelike doll that's programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally. Designed by Gemma, a brilliant roboticist, M3GAN can listen, watch, and learn as it plays the role of friend and teacher, playmate and protector. When Gemma becomes the unexpected caretaker of her eight-year-old niece, she decides to give the girl a M3GAN prototype, a decision that leads to unimaginable consequences....
9) The Flash
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Worlds collide when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Superheroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian, albeit not the one...
11) In the garden
Author
Series
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot, having been shrunk by a shrinking machine, encounter many terrifying creatures, including Mrs. Scuttle, as they try to reach the Atom Sucker before it explodes.
Author
Series
Star wars volume 1
Language
English
Description
Set five years after Return of the Jedi, this first installment in a trilogy depicts an attack on the Republic and an attempted kidnapping of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia at the hands of Grand Admiral Thrawn, ex-warlord of the empire, and his rogue Jedi knight.
13) Bloody Sunday
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"North Korea, increasingly isolated from most of the rest of the world, is led by an absolute dictator and a madman with a major goal--he's determined to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. While they have built, and continue to successfully test nuclear bombs, North Korea has yet to develop a ballistic missile with the range necessary to attack America. But their missiles are improving, reaching a point where the U.S. absolutely must respond....
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the biggest party of the year is organized to celebrate the king's birthday, Macy becomes discouraged by royal duties that prevent her from participating in a competition between the Nexo Knights and the Tighty Knighties.
16) The equalizer 3
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he's done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
17) Stargate
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (497 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brought together to form one extraordinary team of "Alphas"--People whose unique brain anomalies imbue them with superhuman mental and physical abilities - five seemingly ordinary citizens must take the law into their own hands while working within the government to investigate a new brand of baffling crime.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (603 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the explosive third season, Jason Todd's journey as Robin comes to a gruesome end only for him to return to Gotham as Red Hood with a vengeance to take down his old team. Meanwhile, Barbara Gordon, the former Batgirl and current acting Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department is wary of the Titans now being back in Gotham, but her history with Dick Grayson leads her to accept their help in the GCPD's investigation of Red Hood. Also assisting...
Publisher
DC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (586 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A gritty take on the Teen Titans franchise, TITANS follows a group of young superheroes from the DC Universe. As they come of age and try to find where they belong, the Titans must defend against supervillains, dark conspiracies, corrupt laboratories, and demonic possessions across Metropolis and beyond.