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Author
Series
Across the universe trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy hopes to reach her long-sought new home on Centauri-Earth, while she and Elder confront unexpected dangers that threaten their colony and challenge their views on what it means to be human.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful...
3) Relic
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a new adventure novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Ruslan is the last surviving human being in the entire universe. Saved by a species of friendly aliens, Ruslan is forced to live life as an artifact of history, paying a lonely homage to a once-proud race that spanned the stars. Now, with the weight of his near-extinct species pressing down on him, Ruslan embarks...
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Nuestro planeta puede ser un lugar confuso y complicado para cualquiera, particularmente para sus nuevos habitantes. En las primeras etapas de vida, la mente del individuo suele estar llena de preguntas. En este libro, Oliver Jeffers nos muestra todo lo que los niños necesitan saber para empezar a descubrir el mundo e identificarse como individuos en el tiempo y espacio, desde el sistema solar, el planeta tierra y sus elementos, hasta el cuerpo humano,...
Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Four Wolves on the Road to Paradise Humans thought the wolves died off two centuries ago in this bleak post-apocalyptic wasteland. But some survivors lurk among the humans by mentally cloaking their animal bodies. One white wolf, Kiba, scours the land for the scent of the Lunar Flower that will lead them all to Paradise..."-- provided by publisher.
6) Galaxias
Author
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
What would happen to the world if the sun went out? By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way. But then one day, the sun goes out. Solar panels are useless, and the world begins to freeze. Earth begins to fall out of its orbit. The end is nigh. Someone has sent us a sign.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the other sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... wasn't an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting cats-paw for the Founders, the ancient alliance of very old,...
8) Frontier
Author
Publisher
Solaris
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the distant future most of the human race has fled a ravaged Earth to find new life on other planets. For those who stayed, a lawless society remains. What passes for justice is presided over by the High Sheriff, and carried out by his ruthless Deputy. Then a ship falls from the sky, bringing the Stranger, a crew member on the first ship in centuries to attempt a return to Earth and save what's left. The Stranger finds herself adrift in a ravaged,...
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