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1) Dune
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Series
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
"Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul's family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater...
Author
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Language
English
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Description
"The story that started it all and spawned a series of film adaptations that have become the stuff of silver screen legend: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' by L. Frank Baum is in fact the first in a series of novels set in Oz, but it is by far the most famous. Published right at the turn of the century in the year 1900, the novel's fantastical setting---a world inhabited by zany creatures and terrifying villains---is a perfect sort of quaint escapism...
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Series
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
Gulliver's strange adventures in some of the most unusual lands ever imagined have made this one of the rare classics with an enduring and wide-ranging appeal to all ages. Gulliver's bad luck at sea not only gets him shipwrecked and castaway, but repeatedly throws him into strange societies of even stranger people. Readers are likely aware of Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput, where he meets a kingdom of six-inch-tall people with a set of prejudices...
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Series
(John Ronald Reuel),Lord of the rings volume pt. 3
(John Ronald Reuel),Lord of the rings volume 3
Lord of the Rings volume part 3
(John Ronald Reuel),Lord of the rings volume 3
Lord of the Rings volume part 3
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated...
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English
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During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth...
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Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
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Description
What a stunning discovery: an old, coded note that actually contains directions for reaching the Earth's very core! And once he finds it, renowned geologist Professor Liedenbrock can't resist setting out with his 16-year-old nephew to go where only one man has gone before. Jules Verne takes young readers on one of the most incredible journeys ever imagined, from Iceland's frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back...
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Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice's adventures begin when she sees a White Rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket and rush away into a rabbit hole. As she jumps to her feet to follow it, she tumbles into Wonderland, where things get "curiouser and curiouser". She meets some peculiar and unforgettable characters too - there is the Caterpillar who smokes a hookah, the vanishing Cheshire Cat with his enormous grin, and the cantankerous Queen of Hearts who constantly threatens...
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Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Reduced to miniature size, Franny travels through her pet dog's nostril and into his stomach.
When her lab assistant, Igor the dog, swallows a doomsday device with a ticking clock, Franny K. Stein shrinks herself down in a miniature machine and enters the body of her beloved pooch to track down the device and stop it from going off.
12) Dark age
Author
Series
Red rising saga volume 5
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core. Determined to bring peace back to mankind...
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Three thousand planet-bound years have fled since Edgar Wiggin won Earth's war with the Formics by totally destroying them. Ender remains young, traveling constantly at relativistic speeds. In three thousand years, the Hive Queen and the Hegemon have become holy writ, and the name Ender is anathema; he is the Xenocide, the one who destroyed the only other sapient race humankind had found in all the galaxy. The only ones, that is, until the planet...
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 280L
Physical Desc
210 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Determined to end a generations-long war among the seven dragon tribes, a secret movement called the Talons of Peace draws on a prophecy that calls for a great sacrifice, compelling five appointed dragonets to fulfill a painful destiny against their will.
Not every dragonet wants a destiny-- Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia....
16) Blood moon
Author
Series
Rising volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words...
Author
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"When Kanan is captured by the Empire, Ezra, Sabine, and the rest of the Ghost crew must work together to save their friend. But how can their ragtag team hope to stand up to the might of Agent Kallus, the Inquistor, and Grand Moff Tarkin? The rebels are in for their most daring adventure yet!"--Page 4 of cover.
18) The wanderer
Author
Series
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
90 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Without a word, and with Escher-like precision, Van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs and between icebergs, through schools of fish, swaying water plants, and terrifying sea monsters. The little boat is all alone, and while its aloneness gives it the chance to wonder at the fairy-tale world above and below the waves uninterrupted, that also means it must save itself when storms approach. And so it does....
19) Leviathan Falls
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
518 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight...
Author
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"When Ezra Bridger runs into an old friend from his past, secrets about Ezra's missing parents are finally brought to light. Can Ezra unravel the mystery of their disappearance while still helping the rebels fight the Empire? The stakes are higher than ever as Imperial Agent Kallus and the fearsome Inquisitor join forces to stop the rebels. With such dangerous enemies, the team is in for the fight of their lives!" -- Page [4] cover.