West, Joma
Summary: "In Joma West's Face, Margaret Atwood meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class in a genetically engineered society fed by performative fame. How much is your Face worth? Schuyler and Madeleine Burroughs have the perfect Face-rich and powerful enough to assure their dominance in society. But in SchAddie's household, cracks are beginning to appear....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tordotcom 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WESGraceffa, Joey
Summary: "Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of Eden. Indeed, her kaleidoscopic eyes may very well give her away to the ruthless Center government. Outside of Eden, Earth is poisoned and dead. All animals and most plants have been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Keyword Press/Atria 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC GRAHorn, Tina
Summary: "In a draconian America where sexuality is strictly bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique talents for bondage and seduction, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their incarcerated friends, and fight the power!" -- from publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SFSSummary: Captain Jonathan Archer leads the crew of the starship Enterprise in humanity's first contact with a myriad of alien species.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STAColfer, Eoin.
Summary: In this sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Arthur Dent has finally made it home to Earth, only to discover that it is about to be blown up ... again. What could a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favorite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer, and at least one very large slab of cheese have to do with all of this?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2009
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1 available in Adult- Science Fiction, Call number: SF Colfer 2009Colfer, Eoin.
Summary: Chevie returns to modern-day London after her time-trip to the Victorian era, and finds the present much changed. Chevie's memories return to her in bits, and, as she learns about the WARP program, time machine inventor Professor Charles Smart is killed by police. They come after Chevie, too, and she escapes to the past. She finds Riley, and together they resolve to find the mysterious Colonel...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COLColfer, Eoin
Summary: "Tony Stark is known throughout the world as many things: Corporate tycoon. Billionaire. Inventor. Genius. But first and foremost, he is famous for being the red-and-gold -armored Super Hero, the invincible Iron Man. What Tony's fans don't know is what happened in his childhood that led him to put away his toys and replace them with weapons designed to maintain peace and order. They don't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COLLyons, Jenn
Summary: When destiny calls, there's no fighting back. Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions. Practically a prisoner, Kihrin discovers that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2019
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Summary: Boy genius and inventor Frank Einstein and his robot pals Klink (intelligent) and Klank (sort-of intelligent) study the science of ecology and conservation as they try to stop classmate and archrival T. Edison and his loggers from destroying the Midville Forest Preserve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Scieszka 2017Evans, Jon
Summary: "When an unconventional offshoot of the US military trains an artificial intelligence in the dark arts that humanity calls "black magic," it learns how to hack the fabric of reality itself. It can teleport matter. It can confer immunity to bullets. And it decides that obscure Silicon Valley middle manager Adrian Ross is the primary threat to its existence. Soon Adrian is on the run, wanted by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EVAScieszka, Jon
Summary: "Frank Einstein (kid-genius, scientist, and inventor) and his best friend Watson, along with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity), and Klank (a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity), once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of the human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Scieszka 2015Scieszka, Jon
Summary: So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainablefuture--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCIScieszka, Jon
Summary: On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Science Fiction, Call number: JT SF Scieszka 2020Scieszka, Jon
Summary: "Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Scieszka 2015Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCIMarciano, Johnny
Summary: Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant ... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend. Following a humiliating, defeated effort to conquer Earth, Klawde has had it with this this dismal planet. And anyway, what's the point in conquering such an insignificant corner of the galaxy, when there's an entire universe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARFlanagan, John (John Anthony)
Summary: When the former Baron Morgarath escaped to avoid punishment for treason, an uneasy peace fell on Araluen. But Morgarath, now in hiding, is already planning his next move, recruiting an army of savage, overpowering beasts known as Wargals. Newly crowned King Duncan knows he must assemble his troops for battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FLACohen, Ivan
Summary: "Discover the story behind this villain's journey from Man of Steel clone to backward baddie, including the source of his square-shaped home planet. With action-packed illustrations and easy-to-follow text, this DC Comics chapter book is perfect for early readers."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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Summary: While his evil pet cat Klawde, an exiled emperor from across the universe, faces a treasonous plot to overthrow him, Raj has to survive an even more perilous group: the students and parents of the Elba Middle School newspaper club.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARSummary: In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLSStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Friends of the spacemice have disappeared on a strange ice planet, Polarix! Geronimo Stiltonix and his crew are called to search for them. When the spacemice arrive on Polarix, they're surprised at the inhabitants -- cute little aliens that look like colorful fuzz balls! But are these creatures as harmless as they look?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC STIBirmingham, John
Summary: "A group of intrepid heroes must band together to save civilization after a long dormant enemy awakens and strikes a devastating blow"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BIRConnolly, John
Summary: Depicts a world where humanity has been conquered by oppressive alien forces and where a group of increasingly powerful young rebels is assisted by an alien ruler's daughter, who risks her life after falling in love with a human.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CONKessel, John
Summary: "Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful. "₇Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times Pride and Prejudice Threatened with destruction unless he fashions a wife for his Creature, Victor Frankenstein travels to England where he meets Mary and Kitty Bennet, the remaining unmarried sisters of the Bennet family from Pride and Prejudice Meanwhile, the awkward Mary hopes that Victor will save her from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2018