Anderson, John David
Summary: Leo Fender is no stranger to catastrophe, whether it's the intergalactic war that took his mother's life or the ongoing fight for his own. He's seen his planet plundered, his ship attacked, his father kidnapped, and his brother go missing, and found himself stranded on a ship with a bunch of mercenary space pirates. Still, nothing could have prepared him for the moment he and the crew tried to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ANDChambers, Becky
Summary: Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers a bed, a chance to explore the galaxy, and some distance from her past. The crew is diverse: Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot; chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, the captain. They are offered a job tunneling wormholes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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Summary: When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBAnderson, John David
Summary: To save his father, a Coalition scientist protecting a precious resource, after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and must decide who to trust- human or alien-to stay alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ANDHansen, Essa
Summary: "Caiden has been on the run for ten years with his unique starship in order to keep his adversary, Threi, imprisoned. But when an old friend he'd once thought dead reappears, he is lured into a game of cat and mouse with the one person whose powers rival Threi's: Threi's sister Abriss. Now with both siblings on the hunt for Caiden and his ship, Caiden must rescue his long-lost friend from their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HANLostetter, Marina J.
Summary: Generations ago, Convoy Seven and the AI known as I.C.C. left Earth on a mission that would take them far beyond our solar system. Launched by the Planet United Consortium, a global group formed to pursue cooperative Earth-wide interests in deep space, nine ships headed into the unknown to explore a distant star called LQ Pyx. Eons later, the convoy has returned to LQ Pyx to begin work on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOSCorey, James S. A.
Summary: The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true - he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANBear, Greg
Summary: "The Gurus made their presence on Earth known thirteen years ago. Providing technology and scientific insights far beyond mankind's capability, they became indispensable advisors and promised even more gifts. But they were followed by mortal enemies from sun to sun, planet to planet, and now the Gurus are stretched thin-- and they need humanity's help"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BEALore, Pittacus
Summary: Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LORRex, Adam
Summary: "Gratuity Tucci and her alien friend, J.Lo, journey to New Boovworld, one of Saturn's moons, to clear J.Lo's name after a string of misunderstandings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC REXLore, Pittacus
Summary: Syd Chambers grew up on Earth with his human mother. He was told his alien father left on a mission when Syd was very young, but has recently learned that his father hied protecting a secret about the history between humans and Denzans. He is now faced with a choice: allow humanity to come into physical power beyond their wildest dreams and risk their revenge against the Denzans... . or destroy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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Summary: "Earth, 2180 Genetically engineered with partly-alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different than ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she's spent her life trying to overcome society's prejudice by serving in the Unified Fleet as Earth's international order collapses into war. Genji is stationed on a ship in orbit when humanity's hatreds and factions on the planet reach a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2024
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Geronimo Stiltonix and his spacemice crewmates travel to a planet where delicious mozzarella grows in order to restore harmony between its alien inhabitants and the cheese-loving slurp monster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STIZahn, Timothy
Summary: "Nicole Hammond is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with a strange alien ship called the Fyrantha. However, Nicole and all other sentient creatures are caught up in a war for control between two competing factions. Now, the street-kid turned rebel leader has a plan that would restore freedom to all who have been shanghaied by the strange ship. She just has to unite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates book 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZAHGraham, Heather
Summary: "Alex Chin and Samantha Dixon may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more. The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRAStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Discovering that the gift-distributing Elfix aliens have disappeared as the Night of Dancing Stars approaches, Geronimo Stiltonix and his spacemice crewmates race to find the missing aliens before the celebration is ruined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STICard, Orson Scott.
Summary: Todd had always wanted to meet an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship, he just hangs out in his own backyard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Subterranean Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARChambers, Becky
Summary: "With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Lovelace was once merely a ships artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who is determined to help her learn and grow.Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016