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The 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 3-6Consider this home: a novel
Par Greg Bills. 1994
Kath Miller is living in Las Vegas with her ten-year-old son, Daron, when her father summons her back to Sterling,…
Utah, because Kath's mother has left him. In Sterling, Kath must also deal with her estranged husband, Merrill, and his obsession with Mormonism. And Daron gets a chance to meet Tom, his father, who admitted his homosexuality only after Kath became pregnant with Daron. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexFreaky Friday
Par Mary Rodgers. 1972
After thirteen-year-old Annabel Andrews and her mother have a hot argument over freedom and responsibility, Annabel wakes on Friday morning…
and finds that she has turned into her mother. For grades 5-8Dark 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 wish giver: three tales of Coven Tree
Par Bill Brittain. 1983
When a peculiar little man appears at the Coven Tree Church social, promising to give people exactly what they ask…
for, three young believers-in-magic make wishes that come disastrously true. Sequel to Devil's Donkey (BR 5172). For grades 4-7The 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 readersThe magic finger
Par Roald Dahl, William Dubois. 1966
When an eight-year-old girl is cross, the forefinger on her right hand starts to tingle. The last time that happened,…
her teacher turned into a cat. Now she's put the magic finger on the whole Gregg family, next door, because she's angry with them for hunting animals. When the Greggs wake up, they realize they are tiny birds, and their house has been taken over by large ducks. For grades 2-4 and older readersThe Catswold portal
Par Shirley Murphy. 1992
A fantasy set in 1957 Earth and in the Netherworld or world of faerie. Queen Siddonie, pretender to the throne…
of faerie, plans to conquer the Netherworld--an act that would profoundly affect the upper world. The true queen, seventeen-year-old Melissa, has been transformed into a calico cat and has taken up residence with artist Braden West, who lives near the portal between the two worlds. For high school and older readersThere's a dragon in my sleeping bag (Sequel to: There's a Monster Under My Bed)
Par James Howe. 1994
Simon and Alex are brothers who do everything together. Then one night Simon tells Alex that Simon's friend Dexter the…
dragon is sleeping in Alex's sleeping bag and Alex will have to sleep elsewhere. And the next day Simon has no time to play with Alex because he is spending his time with Dexter. But Alex can't see Dexter. Sequel to There's a Monster under My Bed (BR 7129). For preschool-grade 2The two towers: being the second part of The lord of the rings
Par J. Tolkien. 1954
In this second volume of The Lord of the Rings, the now-separated companions of the Ring meet Saruman the wizard,…
cross the Dead Marshes, and prepare for the Great War in which the power of the Ring will be undone. Sequel to The Fellowship of the Ring (BR 9745)Redline 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 languageThe weekend
Par Peter Cameron. 1994
Fortyish art critic Lyle is taking his new lover, Robert, to visit friends Marian and John in the country for…
the weekend. On the train, Lyle explains that a year ago his lover Tony, who was John's half brother, died at this house. Meanwhile, Marian is puzzled that Lyle would bring a guest on this anniversary, and another weekend guest must justify her plans when her daughter unexpectedly pays her a visit. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexTime for Andrew: a ghost story
Par Mary Hahn. 1994
When Andrew Tyler arrives to spend the summer at his great-grandfather's house, the old man seems to mistake him for…
someone else. In the attic, Andrew finds a picture of a relative who looks just like him, has his name, and died as a boy in 1910. That night the boy appears in Andrew's room and convinces him to trade places so the boy's diphtheria can be cured by modern medicine. For grades 4-7Ariadne, awake!
Par Doris Orgel. 1994
The wife of cruel King Minos of Crete gives birth to the Minotaur, a monster with a human body and…
a bull's head. Minos's daughter, Ariadne, pities the poor creature until she learns that Minos feeds it human flesh. She falls in love with an intended victim of the Minotaur, Prince Theseus, helps him escape, and runs away with him, only to be abandoned. But Ariadne is strong and she finds even greater love with the god Dionysus. For grades 6-9Love & sleep
Par John Crowley. 1994
Pierce Moffett delves deeper into Renaissance metaphysics in an attempt to come to grips with the modern world where he…
has always felt out of place. Memories of his childhood, coupled with his studies of Renaissance mystics, now seem to reach out of the past, intertwining with his present, and he perceives that he is on the threshold of a magical change in his life, and perhaps in the universe itself. Sequel to Aegypt (RC 26602; BR 9605)Real heroes
Par Marilyn Kaye. 1993
When Kevin's mother left two months ago, she asked him to come with her, but he refused to desert his…
father, a cop who's not afraid of anything. Kevin's gym teacher, Mr. Logan, understands Kevin's anger at his mother. But now word is out that Mr. Logan is HIV-positive, and his job is at risk. Leading the parents against him is Kevin's father. Has Kevin finally discovered something his brave father is afraid of? Some strong language. For grades 6-9