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Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
3) Day 21
Author
Series
The 100 series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought. Facing an unknown enemy, the hundred struggle to survive the only way they can--together, as secrets are revealed, beliefs are challenged, and relationships are tested"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the Noon's most prominent doctors.
5) Ruins
Author
Series
Pathfinder (Orson Scott Card) volume 2
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
To prevent the destruction of his planet, teenaged Rigg Sessamekesh, who can manipulate time, must assume more responsibility when he and others travel back 11,000 years to the arrival of human starships.
6) Lunar blitz
Author
Series
Ultraball volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Enter the exhilarating game of Ultraball: fly over pass rushers and explode into slingshot zones, through Jeff Chen's dazzling future world on the moon. Here Ultraball is life, and survival is all that matters. Perfect for sci-fi and sports fans alike.
Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he is faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who is hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.
Author
Series
Star Kingdom novels volume 3
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Two young settlers on a pioneer planet seek to stop a war and to save the intelligent alien treecats from exploitation by unscrupulous humans"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a...
10) Moon quest
Author
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 167
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"You and a group of your friends are on an expedition across some particularly treacherous moonscape. A sudden quake rocks the mountain, and you and your leader are separated from the group. ... It's summer vacation - not that that means a lot; there aren't really seasons here on the moon. What it does mean is that you're making big plans. You'll have a lot of expeditions to choose from, but just remember: much of the moon is uncharted terriotory....
Author
Series
Mars Patel volume 2
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Six months ago, Mars Patel boarded a spaceship to travel to Oliver Pruitt's colony on the planet Mars, and now he's finally there. The journey gave Mars lots of time to bond with his copilots, but Mars and his new friends soon discover that Pruitt's colonists aren't the only people living on the inhospitable planet. A splinter group, led by the mysterious Fang, are desperate to go back to Earth--and they don't care who they hurt in the process. Amid...
Author
Series
Mars Patel volume 3
Publisher
Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After Mars Patel fled the Martian colony and its erupting volcano, he headed for Earth with JP, Toothpick, Aurora, Cupcake (everyone's favorite two-hundred-pound tardigrade), and genius billionaire Oliver Pruitt. But when they finally arrive, Mars is shocked to find that all the adults on Earth have mysteriously vanished. Aurora, the popular new principal of Pruitt Prep, thinks Earth is better off without the adults, while Mars, who's now a celebrity,...
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