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By Philip Reeve. 2008
Young Arthur Mumby, his sister Myrtle, and their mother accept an invitation to take a holiday at an up-and-coming resort…
in the asteroid belt, where they become involved in a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing. Sequel to "Larklight", followed by "Mothstorm". Junior High. 2008.By Catherine Asaro. 2017
Eldrinson Valdoria is a bard and leader on the planet Skyfall, a world with a culture considered primitive by the…
starflung civilization of the Imperialate. As adept with a sword as he is with a ballad, he is also an undiscovered telepath of great power. Roca Skolia, a former dancer, is now the Councilor for Foreign Affairs in the Imperialate's governing Assembly and heir to the Ruby Pharaoh of the Skolian Imperialate. Caught in a political struggle with her warlord son, she ends up stranded on Skyfall and missing a meeting of the Assembly to vote on humanity's first interstellar war. Though trapped, she finds herself drawn to Eldrinson, whose thoughts are as clear as the words he cannot write. As their attraction deepens into a love that the laws of both their peoples forbid, the flames of war ignite among the stars. Sequel to "The moon's shadow", followed by "Schism". 2017.By Catherine Asaro. 2016
Separated for decades by circumstance and political machinations, the Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rulers of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring…
together the tattered remnants of their family in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died, others are presumed lost, yet they must move quickly if they are to resume their rightful place as rulers of Skolia. Sequel to "The quantum rose", followed by "The moon's shadow". 2016.By Pauline Gedge. 1982
A universe ruled by immortal sun gods is threatened by dark forces. The struggle that engulfs them imperils the harmony…
of their worlds as they are confronted by incomprehensible evil. Winner of the Jean Boujassy Award. Nominated for the 1985 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1982.By Michael Crichton. 2005
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a…
mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. 2005.By Robert Silverberg. 1987
More than 1,000 years into the future, the human race has spread all over the galaxy, settling in a host…
of bizarre and exotic worlds. In this great galactic civilization, one race alone has the unique sensitivity to pilot the starships safely through the hazardous depths of inter-stellar space - the Romany people. Yacoub, their king, finds himself in a time of turmoil as the old myths are put to the test. 1987.By Robert Silverberg. 1995
In the twenty-third century humans must find a new planet to inhabit. Fifty people board a starship to find a…
new world, led by a year-captain and a sightless young woman, Noelle, a telepathic mission communicator who stays in touch with her twin sister on Earth. When she loses contact with the planet, she is surprised by another presence in "nospace." Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.By Frederik Pohl. 1982
By Poul Anderson. 1998
Astronomers have discovered the possibility of advanced civilizations in the far reaches of the galaxy. A group of ten scientists…
boards the starship Envoy for a journey that will take thousands of years to complete. Although they eventually encounter another civilization, they are unprepared for the ramifications of their adventure. 1998.By Dale Brown. 2014
While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is…
caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race. 2014.By Louise Lawrence. 1978
A Welsh family is caught up in the struggle between the supernatural powers of a mountain and the technological powers…
of a star lord who crashes into it. For junior high readers. c1978.By Kenneth Oppel. 2008
Paris. Matt Cruse is looking forward to spending time with Kate de Vries over the summer, but first he is…
attacked and then Kate's parents summon her home. Things look up when the Canadian government makes an exciting offer to them both - Canada wants to reach space first, and the Canadian Minister of Air wants Kate to join the first expedition as an expert in aerial zoology. There's a place for Matt, too - if he can pass the gruelling tests to become one of the world's first astralnauts onboard the incredible ship Starclimber. For junior and senior high readers. Sequel to "Skybreaker" (DC27968). Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2008.By Monica Hughes. 1983
By Scott Westerfeld. 2006
Fifteen-year-old Tally from "Pretties" (DC29400), her boyfriend Zane, and their boss Shay have been reconstructed into super-strong paramilitary "specials." When…
they are sent to capture rebels who want to return to an unaltered state of mind, part of Tally wants to resist her programming. Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Followed by "Extras" (DC32654). 2006. (Uglies series ; 3)By David Eddings. 1990
As the Malloreon saga continues, Garion, Belgarath, Polgara, and Ce'Nedra are in pursuit of the evil sorceress Zandramas. She has…
kidnapped Garion's infant son with plans to use him in an unspeakable ritual. They must battle the army of the demon lord Nahaz and the forces of Emperor Zakath as they continue on toward the Place Which Is No More and a showdown with Zandramas. Sequel to "Demon Lord of Karanda" (DC29081). 1990. (Malloreon ; 4)By Michael Marshall Smith. 1997
In a futuristic war-torn region of Virginia, former soldier Jack Randall works as a guard on a spares farm, where…
cloned humans are kept to provide replacement parts for their originals. When Randall absconds with seven of the "spares," they are pursued through a nearby megamall. Strong language and violence. 1997.By Brian Wilson Aldiss. 1976
By Douglas Adams. 1984
Arthur Dent is 1437 light years away from Earth, sitting in a Saab. He has just cracked his head on…
the door while climbing in. He feels stupified. Maybe it is because he has just laid eyes on the first female of the species that he has seen in years, sitting in the backseat. Sequel to "Life, the universe and everything" (DC29000). 1984. (The hitchhiker series ; 4)By Kurt Vonnegut. 1970
Billy Pilgrim, an American captured by the Germans in the Second World War, is billetted in a slaughterhouse in Dresden…
and survives the annihilation of the city by the RAF. He later becomes rich and successful, only to find himself transported to another planet from which he returns radiant and full of desire to preach his message. Strong language and violence. 1970, c1969.By Philip Webb. 2011
Cass and her brother Wilbur scavenge in the ruins of a future London seeking an artifact for their Russian masters,…
but the search takes on a new urgency after the arrival of Erin and Peyto, strangers from afar who claim to hold the key to locating the mysterious object. Grades 5 to 8. 2011.