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Marnie Hibbs, having raised her nephew since the death of her sister twelve years earlier, is shocked when the boy's father, famous astronaut Law Kincaid, shows up at her house claiming she is trying to blackmail him by threatening to tell the world that he fathered a child he never knew existed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
4) Gravity
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English
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An organism harmless on earth where it is subject to gravity terrorizes a research station in space. Scientists die violently and from their insides spill creatures that are part human, part frog and part mouse. A medical thriller by the author of Bloodstream.
5) Warp speed
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English
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Dr. Neil Anson Clemons was born at the very moment that men first landed on the moon and always strived to become an astronaut and reach the stars. Neil devoted his life to staying physically fit as any astronaut should be through martial arts and mentally fit by studying and becoming one of the world's foremost experts in quantum physics and gravitational theory. Now he and his team have achieved a breakthrough, both in building a warp drive, and...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars becomes a hero when one of the landing craft's engines fails. Includes facts about Mars.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When an unusual solar flare damages his space shuttle and causes astronaut Hank Henshaw and his crew--including his wife--to mutate, he blames Superman and as his surviving consciousness learns to fuse with technology he vows revenge.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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English
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A small but plucky mouse named Mike is sure that he can help the Space Shuttle astronauts, and ends up saving the whole mission. Includes facts about NASA and space travel.
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My fangtastically evil vampire pet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Future evil scientist Mark, his pet cat, Fang, and his fellow campers at Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha vie for the chance to become apprentices to evil astronaut Neil Strongarm.
11) Life on Mars
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Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
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2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When his volatile father is picked to become an astronaut for NASA's mission to Mars, seventeen-year-old Cal, an aspiring journalist, reluctantly moves from Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, and looks for a story to report, finding an ally (and crush) in Leon, the son of another astronaut.
14) The wanderers
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English
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"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei...
15) The Plant Planet
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AstroNuts volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Carbon dioxide is out of control on Earth, and the fate of humankind rests in the paws of four experimental, untested Animal Astronauts (AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug) who are seeking another habitable planet; first destination is the Plant Planet which at first looks perfect, except that the abundant plant life can think for itself--and it thinks that it really does not like the AstroNuts.
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AstroNuts volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the...
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Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Earth's population is divided between only two existing countries which cannot manage to cooperate in any way, until a distress signal arrives from Titan's first settler. Neither country can afford to rescue her on their own if they act separately. Ambrose wakes up on board the Coordinated Endeavour under strange circumstances: he doesn't remember the launch, the ship's OS is voiced by his mother, strangers have been aboard, and Kodiak, the only other...
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Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Library-bound edition.
Physical Desc
204 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a member of a young crew of astronauts on Mars, the reader is faced with real dangers and must make decisions that will determine the success of the mission.
20) The darkest dark
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Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield"--
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