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If you liked Ready Player One and Ender's Game, strap in for Socket Greeny..."A brilliantly-written complexly-layered plot, set in a vivid, tangible future world." --IndieReaderI was a nobody.I had this funny name and white hair and really didn't care about anything. But then one day something happened. Change is like that. One day you're a nothing, the next you're saving everything. Not everybody.Everything.It's not that I didn't want to do what...
82) Lakes of Mars
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"Gritty, mysterious, and layered . . . An epic science fiction adventure, full of arresting action sequences and thoughtful meditations on aggression and leadership." --Foreword Reviews
"An emotionally charged Ender's Game." --For the Love of the Page
"Had one of the most suspenseful and well-written climaxes that I've read." --Rachel Barnard, author of Ataxia and the Ravine of Lost Dreams
Aaron Sheridan doesn't want to live anymore. His family just...
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If you liked Ready Player One and Ender's Game, you'll love the thrilling high-tech adventure of Socket Greeny!I was a nobody before I was a legend.I had this funny name and white hair and really didn't care about anything. But then one day something happened and nothing was ever the same. Change is like that. One day you're a nothing, the next you're saving everything. Not everybody.Everything.It's not that I didn't want to do what I did. Someone...
84) United as one
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Lorien Legacies volume 7
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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The Mogadorian invasion has come to Earth, and they have all but won the battle for our planet. Their warships loom over our most populous cities--like New York City, Tokyo, Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi--and no army will risk making a move against them. The Garde are all that stand in their way, but they are no longer alone in this fight. Human teens from across the globe, like John Smith's best friend, Sam Goode, have begun to develop Legacies...
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"a dystopian thrill ride that ratchets up the action with each page." --Jacqui Castle, best selling author of The SeclusionIt's 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient half-human, half-animal hybrids.The world is anything but equal. Hybrids everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a...
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Evaporation of Sofi Snow volume 1
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The line between virtual & reality is about to EVAPORATE. In a world where skycams follow your every move and the details of your life are uploaded each hour, Sofi knows that her eyes are the only caring ones watching her brother, Shilo. As an online gamer, she works behind the scenes to protect Shilo as he competes in a mix of real and virtual blood sport. But when a bomb destroys the gaming arena, she is helpless to rescue him-and certain that his...
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"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
"Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field."-USA Today
Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they...
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Tor Publishing Group
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2007
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In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans.
This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining
92) Xenocide
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 29
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The Starways Congress decides that the deadly virus on Lusitania must be wiped out and sends a fleet to destroy it. After the fleet disappears, Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant mind in a world of people bred for superintelligence, is selected to solve the mystery.
93) Minecraft
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"Build with your imagination! Minecraft, one of the best-selling games on Xbox 360, is now available on Xbox One. Create and explore your very own world where the only limit is what you can imagine -- just be sure to build a shelter before night comes to keep yourself safe from monsters"--Container.
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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc
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[2018]
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"Relive the experience Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner MARS as a full-length remaster of the classic fast-paced 3D robot action game, recreated in VR, native 4K and in full surround sound. Enter JEHUTY's cockpit and fly through Martian skies!"--From www.metacritic.com.
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Acclaimed journalist John Carlin provides a revealing look at the persuasive genius of Nelson Mandela. In a bold attempt to transcend old hatreds and unite a hopelessly polarized nation, President Mandela lays the groundwork for a miraculous metamorphosis during the 1995 Rugby World Cup at Cape Town.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
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"In this second installment of the League of Griefers Adventure series, Noah and Violet are busy rebuilding their town when the Ender Dragon flies above the village streets. The following day the Wither attacks them. As the town battles these harsh hostile mobs, Noah and Violet, with their good friends Hannah and Ben, set out to search for Daniel, whom they suspect is behind these vicious attacks. As they search for the griefers, they find clues leading...
97) Minecraft
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Create, explore, survive. Create anything you can imagine and explore the depths of your own worlds. Use the touch screen to check your map or manage your inventory. Includes five skin packs and two texture packs to customize your gameplay!
98) Minecraft
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[2014]
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Learn, explore, and build in the Minecraft world. Face the impossible task of fighting the Ender Dragon
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With Minecraft's latest version, the Combat Update, everything you know and love about your favorite game has changed. Learn how to master Minecraft 1.9 with this all-encompassing guide to using the game's new features!
When you play the latest version of Minecraft, you'll discover new features including poison-tipped arrows, dual-wielding axes and shields, and a meaner and badder Ender Dragon. From overhauled combat mechanics to a revamped End dimension,...
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Fleet school volume 1
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2017.
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The story of the Fleet in space, parallel to the story on Earth, told during the time that Peter Wiggin and Bean are consolidating the Hegemony on Earth. The terraformed Formic worlds are open to settlement by humans, and the International Fleet becomes the arm of the Ministry of Colonization, run by Hirum Graff. MinCol now runs Fleet School on the old Battle School station, and still recruits very smart kids to train as leaders of colony ships and...