Showing 1–17 of 17 books
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Alif the Unseen
In an unnamed Middle Eastern country, computer hacker Alif falls for the wrong girl and runs afoul of her fiancé, the vicious head of state security. The bigger problem is there is only one ally who can save him: a deadly world-weary jinni.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780802120205
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All Our Pretty Songs
A modern retelling of the Orpheus myth where music and art mix with an undeniably loyal pair of best friends.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781250027085
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The Ask and the Answer
When Todd and Viola are forced to leave everything familiar behind, their flight across their newly settled planet triggers a long-simmering conflict. Ness explores xenophobia, colonialism, war, reconciliation, and control of access to technology in this gripping trilogy.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781406310269
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Boy 21
When Finley's basketball coach asks him to look out for new kid Russ, he has no idea what's in store. Finley might be used to the racial conflict in his town and the pressures of basketball, but he is totally unprepared for Russ's strange request to be called “Boy21.” -
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
Three young adult authors challenged each other to write a piece of short fiction every week. The Curiosities is a collection of their stories, with comments from each author about their writing.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780761375272
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The Eyre Affair
The first in a series set in a zany alternative Swindon, Thursday Next (Special Ops—Literary Division) is on the case when characters are kidnapped from their original manuscripts—potentially changing literature forever.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780142001806
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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Ever wonder about the classic fairy tales you heard as a child? Pullman retells and traces the history of some of the most well known—and some obscure—stories of our time.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780670024971
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Feed
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble
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Finnikin of the Rock
Ten years after the royal family of Lumatere is brutally murdered, nineteen-year-old Finnikin sets out on a journey to discover whether or not the rumors of a surviving heir are true.
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Imaginary Girls
Chloe adores her big sister Ruby, and lives to win Ruby's approval. In fact, Ruby seems to have this effect on everyone in their little town. But just what is the power that Ruby holds over them? The author's use of language may keep us from seeing the truth in this eerily compelling story.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780525423386
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Kafka on the Shore
This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9781400043668
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The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking
Todd Hewitt is the last boy in a town of all men. In a town where everyone can hear each other's thoughts what kind of secrets can be kept? -
Little Brother
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
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Monsters of Men
When Todd and Viola are forced to leave everything familiar behind, their flight across their newly settled planet triggers a long-simmering conflict. Ness explores xenophobia, colonialism, war, reconciliation, and control of access to technology in this gripping trilogy.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780763647513
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The Night Circus
Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways. -
The Road
In this postapocalyptic novel, a father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780307265432
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009
- ISBN: 9780060391447