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Wrapped in a riddle
Par Sharon Heisel. 1993
While her biologist parents are off on a research trip, Miranda is staying with her grandmother (GrandAnn) in her bed-and-breakfast…
inn. GrandAnn likes riddles and Mark Twain; the rooms in her inn are named after his characters. Before long, Miranda and her new school friends have a real-life riddle to solve. Who bopped the inn's housekeeper on the head and stole letters written by Mark Twain? For grades 4-7Terror in the sky (An american Adventure Ser. #Vol. 6)
Par Lee Roddy. 1991
Hildy Corrigan and Ruby Konning have returned to California from St. Louis and are eager to enter school. Hildy hopes…
to do well so she can go to college and become a schoolteacher. As usual the girls have their share of problems. Then the opportunity comes for Hildy to win an academic contest and the money for college. But some people don't want her to win. Sequel to The Flaming Trap (BR 10406). For grades 4-7Looking for Jamie Bridger
Par Nancy Springer. 1995
At fourteen, Jamie wants to know who her real parents are. Her question brings an unexpected and horrified response from…
her grandparents, with whom she lives. Jamie sets out to find some answers and discovers that her grandparents have a son whom they never discuss because he is gay. As Grandma begins to withdraw, Jamie becomes more determined in her search. For grades 5-8Mystery of the phantom gold (An american Adventure Ser. #Vol. 7)
Par Lee Roddy. 1991
When Mr. Farnham realizes gold is being stolen from the historic Mother Lode mine in California, he calls on Hildy,…
twelve, and her good friend Spud to help find the thief. Excited, Hildy also enlists her cousin Ruby, and they all begin to gather information and to follow clues. Soon their detective work throws them into an unexpected, dangerous situation. Sequel to Terror in the Sky (BR 10407). For grades 4-7Children of the Jedi
Par Barbara Hambly. 1995
After an old friend tries to murder Han Solo on the jungle world of Ithor, Luke Skywalker sets out for…
a distant star system to learn the reason for the assassination attempt. Meanwhile Han Solo and Princess Leia investigate the rumor of a lost enclave of Jedi children on the isolated world of Belsavis and come up against an old evil from the days of the Empire. A Star Wars novel. BestsellerDown came a blackbird
Par Nicholas Wilde. 1991
When his alcoholic mother is hospitalized, thirteen-year-old James leaves London to stay with a great-uncle Greville he has never met.…
If this doesn't work out and if James doesn't stop pilfering things, he will be placed in foster care. Despite the kindness of housekeeper Sarah, James resents being at the old estate, and his chronic nightmares begin to have a recurring theme. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe aliens of earth
Par Nancy Kress. 1993
Eighteen science fiction and fantasy stories by the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author. The collection includes "The Price of Oranges,"…
a time travel story; "In a World like This," a tale that presents a nightmarish erosion of reality; and "The Battle of Long Island," about an alternate universe. "People like Us" and "Cannibals" are concerned with aliens. Some strong languageThe Martian chronicles
Par Ray Bradbury. 1958
Science fiction classic covering the period from January 1999 through October 2026. Closely connected short stories chronicle repeated visits by…
humans to Mars. The Earth people attempt to create a new world, but they get an unfriendly reception from the Martians. For high school and older readersInterface
Par Stephen Bury. 1994
William Cozzano is the perfect presidential candidate. An international network to whom the United States owes most of the national…
debt has taken him over, literally, with a microchip in his brain. The network can instantaneously feed the latest public opinions, obtained from the populace by wrist-worn polling units, directly into Cozzano. He's unbeatable--if nothing goes wrong! Strong language and some descriptions of sexThe quilt
Par T. Bunn. 1993
Mary can hardly remember when she was a little girl, the years seem to have gone so fast. Now she…
is old, and she hopes she has raised her family the way the Lord would have wanted her to. But something has been keeping her awake at night, and she finally realizes what it is: she is to make a quilt, and "not a stitch is to be sewn without a prayer of thanks." As the quilt-making draws to an end, so does Mary's lifeHeirs of the motherland
Par Judith Pella. 1993
Russia, 1890s. War is on the horizon as Count Dmitri Remizov returns from eighteen years in exile to claim his…
daughter Mariana, raised by his wife Katrina's relatives--Sergei and Anna Fedorcenko. The Fedorcenkos and Count Dmitri and Mariana will have to call upon their faith to sustain them as they struggle to reunite their families during these tumultuous times. Sequel to Travail and Triumph (BR 9336)Jedi search
Par Kevin Anderson. 1994
In the wake of the Republic's victory over the evil Empire, Luke Skywalker wants to reinstate the order of Jedi…
knights. He begins a precarious mission to find descendants of the nearly exterminated Jedis. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Chewbacca discover a remnant base of the Empire under the command of a ruthless woman who has at her disposal a weapon more destructive than the Empire's death stars. A Star Wars novel. BestsellerThe city who fought
Par Anne McCaffrey. 1993
Shellperson Simeon controls the vast, city-sized space station SSS-900. Bored with the daily mining and processing operations, Simeon indulges his…
passion for war games. When refugees arrive fleeing Kolnari space pirates, Simeon knows that the station's only chance for survival is a real-life application of his war game skills. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to: Ship Who Searched (RC 54495, BR 11173)Ned Feldman, space pirate
Par Daniel Pinkwater. 1994
Ned Feldman is home alone one day when he hears a noise under the kitchen sink. When Ned summons enough…
courage to check it out, he discovers Captain Lumpy Lugo aboard a spacecraft that looks just like the sink. Inviting Ned aboard, the Captain announces that he is Bugbeard the Pirate, famous for doing bad things. Ned goes along and soon they land on the planet Jivebone where they encounter giant space chickens. For grades 3-6Dark apprentice
Par Kevin Anderson. 1994
Despite their past victories, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are faced with increasing losses in the ongoing war…
with scattered remnants of the Empire. Luke knows that lasting peace can be achieved only through the creation of a new generation of Jedi knights, but when one of his students delves into the dark side of the Force, the greatest evil of all is unleashed. Sequel to Jedi Search (BR 09768, RC 38884). BestsellerStar trek generations: a novel
Par J. M Dillard. 1994
On the maiden voyage of the new Enterprise 1701-B, Captain Kirk is trapped in a timeless nexus when an energy…
ribbon hits the ship. Seventy-eight years later, Captain Picard of the Enterprise 1701-D is also propelled into the nexus while pursuing an evil scientist. Inside the nexus, Kirk and Picard meet and team up to stop the scientist from killing millions of people. A Star Trek novel based on the motion picture. BestsellerQ-squared
Par Peter David. 1994
Trelane, the pesky, omnipotent being who first appeared as the Squire of Gothos to Captain Kirk of the original Enterprise,…
is back to plague Captain Picard and the next-generation crew. This time Trelane threatens all of creation by tampering with three different timelines, and even the all powerful Q is unable to stop him. A Star Trek: The Next Generation novel. Some strong languageThe man in the high castle
Par Philip Dick. 1962
This 1963 Hugo Award winner portrays an alternate history. The Axis powers have won World War II and jointly occupy…
the United States. A German faction attempts to warn the Japanese about an impending nuclear attack. The I Ching is used not only in the plotting of this story, but also within the story, as the basis of a "subversive" alternate history written by a German author. Some strong languageFirehand
Par Andre Norton. 1994
The Dominion of Virgin has been destroyed by the Baldies--a band of time-traveling predators who wipe out any race they…
encounter. Ross Murdock, Eveleen Riordan, and Gordon Ashe are time agents for the Project, whose goal is to rescue Dominion by going back to an earlier time and providing the residents with the mental powers needed to avoid the Baldies' attack. For high school and older readersRedline the stars
Par Andre Norton. 1993
Captain Jellico and the crew of the Solar Queen are concerned about finding a buyer for part of their fleet--the…
Space Wrack. They can't keep using it for mail runs. A new temporary crew member trades passage to Canuche of Halio for her brother's purchase of the Space Wrack. But what was to be a simple trip soon turns dangerous. Some strong language