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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving. Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
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A masterful achievement that ranks with "Brave New World" and "1984", this mesmerizing tale of the terrible aftermath of nuclear war has captivated generations of readers since its first publication in 1959. "Prodigiously imaginative, richly comic, terrifyingly grim".--"Chicago Tribune."
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Pub. Date
2003
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Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar isn't easy, but Miles Vorkosigan has natural leadership qualities. Perhaps that explains how he managed to forge a secret identity and became the leader of a force of spaceborne mercenaries even after being washed out of the Barrayaran Military Academy.
6) Airborn
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
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Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
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Jason Steadman is a thirty-year old sales exectutive for a major electronics company, and while he's a good employee, he lacks the "killer instint" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. One evening, he meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in corporate security. Soon Jason's career takes off as...
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Academy Award Best Picture volume 2018
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment"--Container.
Pub. Date
2013
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Collection include: Star Wars - Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999, PG); Star Wars - Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002, PG); and Star Wars - Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005, PG13).
"...it recaptures the sense of fun we got from the first movie."--Houston Chronicle.
"...highly exhilarating and enjoyable..."--Movie Parables.
"Consistently thrilling and massively enjoyable..."--BBC News.
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Pub. Date
2004
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A veteran of years of simulated war games, Ender believes he is engaged in one more computer war game when in truth he is commanding the last fleet of Earth against an alien race seeking the complete destruction of Earth.
La Tierra se ve amenazada por la especie extraterrestre de los insectos, seres que se comunican telep�ticamente y que se consideran totalmente distintos de los humanos, a los que quieren destruir. Para vencerles, la humanidad...
11) Ex machina
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO, Nathan. But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava. Truths, emotions, and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava, and Nathan intensifies....