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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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2024 DMPL Reading Challenge October Bonus Category: Dark Academia
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2025 Reading Challenge—New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
2025 Reading Challenge—New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (Reader Favorites)
Description
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalists
2025 Reading Challenge—Spans multiple decades
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Most Anticipated Fiction—Spring 2024
2025 Reading Challenge—Spans multiple decades
Book Picks—April 2024
Most Anticipated Fiction—Spring 2024
Description
"Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers, C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom float through...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge: 2023 AViD Author
2025 Reading Challenge—Found family
2025 Reading Challenge—New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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2025 Reading Challenge—Found family
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Description
"An audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse, from the author of three highly acclaimed previous novels. One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time-from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a...
5) Rebel rising
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Jyn Erso as she trains under Saw Gerrera and learns how to become a proper rebel, preparations that come in handy when she is asked by the Rebellion to find out about the weapon that her father is helping the Empire construct.
Author
Series
Space Odyssey series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After harsh conditions on Earth threaten humanity's survival, Cooper, a farmer who is also a former NASA test pilot, leads a group of explorers on a mission to find an inhabitable planet in a distant galaxy, testing the limitations of space travel as they cross a wormhole.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the science behind some of your favorite popular science fiction tropes -- from escaping a black hole to riding a space elevator to the stars -- in this illustrated guide from NASA advisor and host of the popular Tested podcast Offworld"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing less than a dream come true for the both of them. But Thane sours on the dream when he sees firsthand the horrific tactics the Empire uses to maintain its ironclad rule. Bitter...
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Film novelizations volume 7
Language
English
Description
The official novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the highly anticipated blockbuster film directed by J. J. Abrams, released in theaters December 2015.
13) Predator
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998], c1987
Language
English
Description
Science fiction adventure about an alien who hunts humans for sport.
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This book is the definitive encyclopedia for the science fiction fanatic. From Barbarella to Blade Runner, from Solaris to Star Wars, and from 1984 to 2001, Sci-Fi Chronicles seeks out 200 of the greatest galactic creations. Presented in an arresting blend of incisive text, infographic timelines, and stunning photographs, each chronologically arranged entry features an entertaining overview written by a science fiction expert, plus: The lifespan of...
16) Videodrome
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Cable TV programmer Max Renn seeks out the ultimate in bizarre shows for his channel. He meets a mysterious supplier named Harlan who gives him access to an underground sex and violence network called "Videodrome."
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that she has been lied to: her life was not saved, it was...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest, a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize....
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