Tag Archives: Science Fiction

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)

Rating: (868 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Laurel Leaf

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From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we’ll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we’ve yet to [...]

Hellboy Volume 8: Darkness Calls (Hellboy (Graphic Novels)) (Hellboy (Graphic Novels))

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Mike Mignola, Duncan Fegredo, Dave Stewart
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

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Hellboy has finally returned from his adventures at sea, but no sooner has he settled on land than a conclave of witches drags him from his respite and into the heart of Russian folklore, where he becomes the quarry [...]

Warriors: The Rise of Scourge (Warriors)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley
Publisher: TokyoPop

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When kittypet Tiny crosses paths with some wild forest cats defending their territory, he is left with scars—and a bitter, deep-seated grudge. As his reputation grows among the strays and loners that live in the dirty brick alleyways of Twolegplace, he changes [...]

New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

Rating: (709 reviews)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won’t be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The “star-crossed” lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find [...]

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)

Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers

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Twilight tempted the imagination. New Moon made readers thirsty for more. Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon. And now, the book that everyone has been waiting for…. Breaking Dawn, the final book in the #1 bestselling Twilight Saga, will take your breath [...]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books

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The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level. Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley [...]

Lauren The Puppy Fairy (Pet Fairies)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Daisy Meadows
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! Along with their special pets, they make sure that all animals find safe homes with the right owners. But when Jack Frost steals the magical pets, Fairyland is in an [...]

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia CD Box Set

Rating: (38 reviews)
Author: C. S. Lewis
Publisher: HarperAudio

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Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil — what more could any reader ask for? The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis, had all this and more. But [...]

The Death of Captain America, Vol. 2

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Ed Brubaker
Publisher: Marvel Comics

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The Winter Soldier held prisoner by the Red Skull! While Sharon and the Falcon race to his rescue, they’re about to cross paths with the Mighty Avenger that Tony Stark has sent hunting our rogue hero - The Black Widow! Will the Red Skull [...]

Lavinia

Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Harcourt

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in The Aeneid, Vergil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that [...]

The Final Warning (Maximum Ride, Book 4)

Rating: (82 reviews)
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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A breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson: a girl who can fly has to save herself from the scientists who want to control her–and maybe save the world in the process.

Reckoning (Star Wars: Last of the Jedi, Book 10)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Judy Blundell
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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Former Jedi apprentice Ferus Olin must choose — the way of the Jedi… or the dark side? The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.

Ender’s Shadow (Ender, Book 5) (Ender’s Shadow)

Rating: (635 reviews)
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Starscape

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Ender’s Shadow is being dubbed as a parallel novel to Orson Scott Card’s Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ender’s Game. By “parallel,” Card means that Shadow begins and ends at roughly the same time as Game, and it chronicles many of the same events. In fact, [...]

Warriors: Warrior’s Return (Warriors)

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley
Publisher: TokyoPop

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Graystripe and Millie have finally found ThunderClan’s old territory, but Twoleg monsters have devastated the forest and Graystripe fears that all of his Clanmates have been killed or captured by Twolegs. Millie insists that they keep looking, and an old friend helps [...]

Ink Exchange

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Melissa Marr
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey [...]

Ender’s Game

Rating: (2474 reviews)
Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Starscape

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Ender Wiggin is a very bright young boy with a powerful skill. One of a group of children bred to be military geniuses and save Earth from an inevitable attack by aliens, known here as “buggers,” Ender becomes unbeatable in war games and seems poised [...]

Seekers #1: The Quest Begins (Seekers)

Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Three bears…one destiny
From the author of the nationally bestselling Warriors books comes a brand-new animal fantasy series. Three young bears from different species—black, polar, and grizzly—are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey. Fate [...]

Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires, Book 1)

Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: Rachel Caine
Publisher: NAL Jam

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From the author of the popular Weather Warden series. Welcome to Morganville, Texas.
Just don’t stay out after dark.
College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she [...]

Georgia The Guinea Pig Fairy (Pet Fairies)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Daisy Meadows
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

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The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! Along with their special pets, they make sure that all animals find safe homes with the right owners. But when Jack Frost steals the magical pets, Fairyland is in an [...]

Death Note How to Read 13 (Death Note (Graphic Novels))

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Tsugumi Ohba
Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC

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An encyclopedic guide to the Death Note manga series, including character bios, storyline summaries, interviews with creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, production notes and commentaries, and bonus manga pages. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects–and he’s bored [...]

Rendezvous with Rama

Rating: (207 reviews)
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: Spectra

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An all-time science fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is also one of Clarke’s best novels–it won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula Awards. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship [...]

The Wee Free Men

Rating: (94 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching needs magic–fast! Her sticky little brother Wentworth has been spirited away by the evil Queen of faerie, and it’s up to her to get him back safely. Having already decided to grow up to be a witch, now all Tiffany has to do [...]

Chosen (House of Night, Book 3)

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: PC Cast, Kristin Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

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Dark forces are at work at the House of Night and fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird’s adventures at the school take a mysterious turn. Those who appear to be friends are turning out to be enemies. And oddly enough, sworn [...]