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Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Books 4-6 in Shannon Hale & Dean Hale's New York Times bestselling series. Who says princesses don't wear black? The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation: After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger, a new hero who looks oddly familiar, has offered to protect the goats while she takes a much needed break. The very next day Princess Magnolia rides her bicycle to the seaside,...
2) Roxy
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A chilling take on the opioid epidemic by the New York Times bestselling Neal Shusterman, and Jarrod Shusterman. I am no superhero. But I can save you from the one who claims to be. I am no wizard. But I cast a spell that can bring back the dead. I am, if nothing else, your final defence - your last hope. Isaac is slowly falling down the dark abyss of addiction. Ivy is picking herself up after years of partying and self-medicating. And ROXY, the god...
3) Disruption
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The Mercer Corporation might rule the world through the control of pheromones. But nothing, and no one, is going to stand in Maggie's way. Especially Quentin Mercer. Ever since the development of M-chips which tap into human pheromones, M-Corp has become the new superpower. Why trust your heart when all you have to do is get within a two-meter radius of someone to record a compatibility rating? Ratings range from the rare 'perfect match' to the dreaded...
4) Corruption
Author
Series
Disruption volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The thrilling finale to the DISRUPTION series. You can't stop technology. You can't go back in time and have a do-over. But you can cut off the head of the dragon. You can show the world the truth. And you can fight for the people whose lives have been stolen from them. And the price for her quest? Possibly everything.
Author
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Save the universe in the awesome and hilarious space-themed adventure series from bestselling authors Katie and Kevin Tsang! Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things - but her inventions don?t always turn out how she expects . . . And after a massive invention mishap, Suzie is now living on board the spaceship from her favourite TV show - exploring new planets and saving the universe! Funny, accessible and highly illustrated stories, perfect for...
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Series
Girls Who Code volume 4
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Perfect for fans of The Babysitters Club and anyone interested in computer science, this series is published in partnership with the organization Girls Who Code! It's almost time for the talent show at school, and Erin couldn't be more excited. It's her time to take center stage! Plus, she and her friends from coding club are putting together an awesome coding program for the show. But Erin has a big secret: she has anxiety. And when things start...
7) Skycircus
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Series
The Cogheart Adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily and Robert can?t wait to step aboard? But there?s something sinister about the hybrid children who appear as part of the act. And before Lily and Robert can do anything, they?re captured by shadowy figures and whisked off in the mysterious flying circus to somewhere far, far away? Treachery, tight-ropes and trickery combine in this incredible third Cogheart adventure?.
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English
Description
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world?Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross!It is 2120 and London is in ruins.The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace - but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world...
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Carve the Mark volume 2
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English
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In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives.The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates, once determined, are inescapable.Akos is in love with Cyra, in spite of his fate:...
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Cece Loves Science volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Cece loves science! In this STEM-themed picture book, Cece asks one of life?s most pressing questions: Do dogs eat vegetables? Cece and her best friend, Isaac, head to the lab to find out. This picture book is perfect for fans of Ada Twist, Scientist, and anyone who enjoys asking questions. Cece?s parents say she was born curious. She asks: Why? How? What if? When her teacher, Ms. Curie, assigns a science project, Cece knows just what to ask-do dogs...
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Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students...
12) Thunderhead
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Series
Arc of a Scythe volume 2
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
The stakes are high in this chilling sci-fi thriller, in which professional scythes control who dies. Everything else is out of human control, managed by the Thunderhead. It's a perfect system - until it isn't. It?s been a year since Rowan went off-grid. Hunted by the Scythedom, he has become an urban legend, a vigilante snuffing out corrupt scythes in a trial by fire. Citra, meanwhile, is forging her path as Scythe Anastasia, gleaning with compassion....
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Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
When Delphinium presses the button marked DANGER, bells ring and sirens wail. What a way to celebrate her 10th birthday! But others on the space station are worried by the white blob on their computer screens. Could it signal an invasion? Meanwhile, Jason is enjoying a little fun aboard a skip-ship. But he and Delphinium accidentally start the machine and find themselves hurtling through space, out of control ...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Perfect for readers of Stuart Gibbs?s Spy School series, this is the first book in an epic series filled with gadgets, secret codes, and clandestine adventures from�debut author Max Mason! Are you ready to enter the world of a super secret super spy? Maddie Robinson has always been overlooked: by her parents (who disappeared), by her friends (who are nonexistent), and even science fair judges (who think she has ?so much . . . potential?). So when...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A science fiction romantic thriller with a killer twist, perfects for fans of E. Lockhart, Holly Jackson and Becky Chambers. "A tense psychological thriller that will leave you gasping for air." Scotsman ?James is a genius.? SFX Magazine "The Loneliest Girl in the Universe is shocking and brutal and has the best twist I've ever read." Alice Oseman "This book moves at full throttle from beginning to end. James isn?t just headed for the stars - they're...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
James Ponti's�City Spies�meets Stuart Gibbs's�Spy School in this fun, action-packed sequel that follows young inventor and secret Illuminati spy Maddie on a thrilling new adventure. Super spies reporting for duty! When Maddie Robinson and her team are assigned a new super secret mission to protect the world?s most famous pop star from a mysterious foe, she knows she?ll need every tool available. That?s when she discovers a secret buried deep...
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Series
Firebird volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite?s hands in the final installment of the Firebird trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray. Ever since she used the Firebird, her parent?s invention, to cross through alternate dimensions, Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional feud. Now she has learned that the evil Triad Corporation plans to destroy hundreds of universes, using their ultimate weapon: another dimension?s...
19) Crater lake
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Series
Crater Lake volume 1
Publisher
Firefly Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
What follows is a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse than death. But whatever happens, they must Never, Ever fall asleep!.
20) Mortal engines
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Series
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English
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Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City is chasing a terrified little town across the wastelands. Soon London will feed. In the attack, Tom Natsworthy is flung from the speeding city with a murderous scar-faced girl, Hester Shaw. To survive, they must run for their lives through the wreckage.
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