Gough, Julian
Summary: "In a world run by computers, hackers have power--and awkward, homeschooled Colt is among the best. But when Colt secretly submits his mother Naomi's breakthrough research to a biotech conference, and it is immediately shut down, mother and son are forced to go on the run. Now Colt is coding for his life. As the military, and Colt's father, hunt them through a Las Vegas of self-driving cars and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOUBaggott, Julianna
Summary: Inside the Dome, Partridge, having taken his father's place as leader of the Pures, realizes that things are not as clear as he thought while outside, Pressia and Bradwell continue their efforts to heal the Wretches, unsure if they can still trust their friend Partridge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAGBaggott, Julianna
Summary: "Bestselling author Julianna Baggott delivers her mind-bending debut short-story collection, featuring an array of genres populated by deeply human characters, and with film rights to the stories already having been sold to Netflix, Paramount, Amblin, Lionsgate, and others! In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAGWaugh, Sylvia.
Summary: Upon suddenly learning that her parents are researchers from another planet and they must leave in seven days or risk discovery, twelve-year-old Nesta decides to stay in their York, England, home, whether or not her parents go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WAUVaca, Julian R.
Summary: "In a gripping and stunning coming-of-age novel, Julian R. Vaca reimagines a 1987 world where memories are as valuable as gold. In a reimagined 1987, mankind's ability to remember has deteriorated. To fight memory loss, men and women rely on artificial recall by storing memories on tapes and playing them back. Society's elite, dubbed recollectors, are able to retain "three-quarter memories" on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VACHough, Jason M.
Summary: How long must I wait for the sequel!?"--Raymond Benson, former James Bond novelist and author of the Black Stiletto series Praise for Jason M. Hough's The Darwin Elevator "A hell of a fun book."--James S. A. Corey, New York Times bestselling author of Abaddon's Gate "Hough's first novel combines the rapid-fire action and memorable characters associated with Joss Whedon's short-lived Firefly TV...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOUMarillier, Juliet.
Summary: Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum, faces the difficult task of having to save her family from its enemies, who have bewitched her father and six older brothers while forcing her to choose between the life she has always known and a special love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 2001
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Summary: Harp of Kings begins with a sister and brother arriving on Swan Island to compete for permanent places among the island's team of elite warriors and covert operatives. Over a lengthy training period, Liobhan and Brocc will not only be assessed against each other, they will need to prove themselves against the sons of chieftains and war-leaders. The competition is fierce; only two or three out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MARSummary: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew heads toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin are facing the problems of waning supplies and crushed morale. Along the way they have to deal with the credible threat that Cylons may be aboard the ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOUGould, Steven.
Summary: "Cent can teleport. So can her parents, but they are the only people in the world who can. This is not as great as you might think it would be--sure, you can go shopping in Japan and then have tea in London, but it's hard to keep a secret like that. And there are people, dangerous people, who work for governments and have guns, who want to make you do just this one thing for them. And when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GOUWeitz, Chris
Summary: Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens. After a mysterious sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos. But when another tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WEIMarch, Julia
Summary: The Nexo Knights of Knighton defend their kingdom from Jestro and his monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2016
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Summary: Wonderblood is Julia Whicker's literary debut, set in a barren United States, an apocalyptic wasteland where warring factions compete for control of the land in strange and dangerous carnivals. A mad cow-like disease called "Bent Head" has killed off millions. Those who remain worship the ruins of NASA's space shuttles, and Cape Canaveral is their Mecca. Medicine and science have been rejected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHIHowey, Hugh
Summary: Armed with secret knowledge, Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18 and her crew set out to rescue a world she hates but now understands better -- the world of the Silos with its rigid rules and terrible consequences for disobedience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hugh Howey 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWHowey, Hugh
Summary: In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and stay united after the father leaves. Wife and mother, Rose, has only a whore house and as her income dwindles, she finds she must work in the establishment she runs. Her children, Palmer, Victoria, Rob and Conner, all take on the dangerous job of being sand divers, hoping to help their mother with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: "In a society where the modification industry has transformed how humans look, sound, and interact, a nonbinary teen braves the "reinvention" room to accept a gift from the dead. In an accidental city in space, a young apprentice holds neighborhoods together with braided carbon filaments, until distraction and inspiration arrive in the wake of a visitor. Entitlement-fueled drug use alters the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TASHowey, Hugh
Summary: The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes, a land of howling wind and infernal sand. In this barren home, siblings Conner, Rob, Palmer and Violet daily carve out a future. They live in the shadow of their father and oldest sister, Vic, two of the greatest sand divers ever to comb the desert's depths. But these branches of their family tree are long gone,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWHowey, Hugh
Summary: "In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWHowey, Hugh
Summary: "Wool introduced the world of the Silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall. Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn't trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white -- everything is shades of gray. Donald may not be the monster Juliette thinks he is, and may in fact be key to humanity's continued survival....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWHowey, Hugh
Summary: "A collection of new and previously published stories by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey, including three set in his Wool universe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWHowey, Hugh
Summary: "The first book in the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling trilogy, Wool is the story of a community living in an underground silo completely unaware of the fate of the outside world. When the silo's sheriff asks to leave the silo, a series of events unravels the very fabric of their fragile lives. In a world where all commodities are precious and running out, truth and hope may be the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOWStine, R. L.
Summary: "Ruthie and Ezra are eager to star in their family's films when their dad and uncle buy an old Hollywood movie studio, but as they explore the place, they have several strange accidents. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2022