Science Fiction

The City of Ember (Unabridged)

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The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever!

Author:

Jeanne DuPrau

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

680L

Length:

06:51

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors: Children of the Red King, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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Back in Bloor's Academy, Charlie's power takes on a new dimension. He meets a new gallery of characters, including Mr. Pilgrim's replacement, Tantalus Ebony, and the mysterious new student Joshua Tilpin, who appears to be magnetic. But not all is well.

Author:

Jenny Nimmo

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

770L

Length:

07:11

Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors: Children of the Red King, Book 4 (Unabridged)

The Supernaturalist (Unabridged)

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In the future, in a place called Satellite City, 14-year-old Cosmo Hill enters the world, unwanted by his parents. He's sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. Freight class.

Author:

Eoin Colfer

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

650L

Length:

06:42

Things Not Seen (Unabridged)

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Bobby Phillips is an average 15-year-old boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming, Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He's a missing person. Then he meets Alicia.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

690L

Length:

13:22