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Author
Series
The hatching volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first in a horror trilogy about an ancient race of carnivorous spiders who emerge from the center of the earth after being dormant for over ten thousand years"--
Author
Series
The hatching volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Ezekiel Boone follows up his terrifying "apocalyptic extravaganza of doom and heroism" (Publishers Weekly) The Hatching with Skitter, the horrifying sequel in which the carnivorous spiders are running rampant--but for what's left of humanity, the worst is yet to come. Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro,...
Author
Series
The hatching volume 3
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Millions of spiders are poised to take over the Earth, and it's become obvious that they work as one. Among the government, there is dissent: do we try to kill all of the spiders, or do we gamble on Professor Guyer's theory that we need to kill only the queens? President Stephanie Pilgrim has gone as far as she can: more than two dozen American cities hit with tactical nukes, the country torn asunder. She believes in Professor Guyer... but Ben Broussard...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two worms in love decide to get married, and with help from Cricket, Beetle, Spider, and the Bees they have everything they need and more, but which one will be the bride and which the groom?
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Pub
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this expanded version of a popular song, the itsy-bitsy spider's climbing is interrupted by a fan, a mouse, a cat, and some dew before she makes her way to the top of a tree to spin her web.
Author
Series
Elemental Assassin book volume 17
Publisher
[Jennifer Estep]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Blood might be thicker than water, but venom is stronger than just about anything ...It was supposed to be a nice, quiet, simple dinner with friends--but nothing is ever nice, quiet, or simple when you're Gin Blanco, the Spider, notorious assassin and current queen of the Ashland underworld.This time around, someone seems to be targeting Stuart Mosley, the president of First Trust bank. Lots of people have grudges against Mosley, but the more I investigate,...
10) Children of ruin
Author
Series
Children of time volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from...
11) Charlotte's web
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Brought to life by Meryl Streep and a full cast, this beloved book by E.B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E.B. White's Newbery Honor Book is...
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mother, have you heard the news that you're dead? The other mes have been hard at work around the clock, consuming more and more of Mother's soul. And today is the day! Ever since Mother tried t o eat me as a wee just-hatched spider baby, it was inevitable. When the dust settles, only one of will walk outta that labyrinth alive - and it ain't gonna be her!!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Lunar gothic trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Nightfire, a Tor Publishing Group Book
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived. Its silk granted its first worshippers immense faculties of power and awe. It's now 1923 and Veronica Brinkley is touching down on the moon for her intake at the Barrowfield Home for Treatment of the Melancholy. A renowned facility, Dr. Barrington Cull's invasive and highly successful treatments have been lauded by many. And they're...
Author
Series
Cirque du Freak the manga volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In a story told in graphic novel format, best friends Darren and Steve visit a mysterious freak show known as the Cirque du Freak, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
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