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1) Binti
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Binti volume 2
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Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter...
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Middle Grades Stories Set in Space (SCPL-YS)
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"Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home. That's how we ended up on Choom with the Zhuri. They're very smart. They also look like giant mosquitos. But that's not why it's so hard to live here. There's a lot...
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Binky adventures volume 2
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A graphic novel series featuring a loveable and delusional house cat named Binky, who, while in hot pursuit of an alien wanderer (a bug), falls out of the space station porthole (the bathroom window) and finds himself in outer space (outside the house).
5) Binti: home
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Binti volume 1
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It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. After...
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"A surprising and gripping sci-fi thriller with a killer twist The daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space. But she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents' tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth. Romy tries to make the best of her lonely situation, but with only brief messages from her therapist on Earth to keep her company, she can't help but feel...
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Astroneer volume 1
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"When Astroneer Seven plucks a mysterious crystal from Boreas-1, he is catapulted across time and space and starts a chain reaction that could destroy the entire universe! Now, Seven and his ragtag crew of Astroneers must traverse the infinite to get the crystal back to Boreas before it's too late! The countdown has begun..."--
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"A startling and evocative novel, harkening to both One Day and Gravity, a man and a woman revisit memories of their love affair on a utopian Earth while they are trapped in the vast void of space with only ninety minutes of oxygen left. After the catastrophic destruction of the Middle East and the United States, Europe has become a utopia and, every three years, the European population must rotate into different multicultural communities, living...
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Chilling effect volume 1
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Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits. When her sister Mari is kidnapped by The Fridge, a shadowy syndicate that holds people hostage in cryostasis, Eva must undergo a series of unpleasant, dangerous missions to pay the ransom. But Eva may lose her mind before she can raise the money. The ship's hold is full of psychic cats, an amorous fish-faced emperor wants her dead...
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Binti volume 1
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"Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the Meduse. Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her. Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing...
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It's the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldn't be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship--
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 4
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While soldiers fend off thousands of Covenant attacks, Section Three devises a plan using planet Onyx as a base, but when Halo is destroyed and Ancient Forerunner technology stirs, the Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War.
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"In the year 2063, interstellar space travel has become the norm. What sort of adventure awaits on the new frontier? The situation aboard the Astra intensifies as Zack reveals to Kanata that the ship's communication system has recently been sabotaged and it's likely one among them is the culprit! The crew members are overtaken with confusion and anger and begin questioning each other's motives. Suddenly, the side of the Astra explodes! The controls...
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Astra lost in space volume 5
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"Conspiracies begin to unravel as the truth behind the Astra crew members' circumstances comes to light. And at their last pit stop, Galem, the saboteur is revealed!" --
16) Edens zero: 23
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Edens zero volume 23
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A young boy gazes up at the sky and sees a streaming bolt of light. The friendly, armor-clad being at his side tells him gently, "That's a dragon." The fact that he's joking isn't important. What's important is the look of wonder on the boy's face... and the galaxy-spanning adventure that's about to take place! Join Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) once more as he takes to the stars for another thrilling saga!
18) First strike
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After destroying the first Halo Master Chief and Cortana attempt to voyage back home among a myriad of deadly Covenant attacks. With a battle weary squad that includes the last of the Spartan II survivors and the programs creator Dr. Catherine Halsey First Strike delivers an action packed space opera told against the backdrop of one of the richest and most complex Science Fiction franchises of our time.
19) Edens zero: 22
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Edens zero volume 22
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"After making landfall on Lendard, Shiki, Rebecca, Weisz and Homura manage to group up but are soon separated when they run into Ziggy's Dark Stars. One of them, Killer, uses a special programthat sends each of Shiki's friends to a different dimension where they must fight. The Dark Stars plan to divide and conquer, but as each Dark Star proceeds to beat on Shiki and his friends, will it become a plan to divide and torment?!"--
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"Nate, an autistic boy from this world, is ripped from the prison of his unbearable daily life and thrust into a different universe whose very foundations are built on mysterious forces. There, he has no memory of his past and his austism is refocused and transformed into a near superpower. Caught up in a mission he can barely recall from his shattered memories, Nate must learn to live an entirely unfamiliar life, filled with difficulties (and monsters)...
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