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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Science fiction
Spider-Man meets Animorphs in this thrilling new middle grade
series from Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the
Unwanteds series. Newbery Medal-winning author Katherine Applegate
calls Going Wild "gripping, action-packed, and filled with humor
and heart." Charlie Wilde knew her life would change forever when
her family moved from the city of Chicago to the suburbs of
Arizona...and that was before she found the bracelet. After putting
it on, she notices odd things start to happen. Suddenly Charlie
seems to have the speed of a cheetah and the strength of an
elephant-and that's just the beginning. She would be thrilled about
her transformation if she had any idea how to use the device or
control her amazing powers. So Charlie is forced to put her trust
in new friends to help her uncover the surprising truth behind the
mysterious bracelet. Going Wild is perfect for fans of Rick
Riordan, Brandon Mull, and Ridley Pearson looking for a new twist
on their middle grade adventures. This series blends science
fiction with the animal kingdom, highlighting some of the
incredible feats that animals can achieve, which might seem
possible only in comic books but are actually completely true.
New York Times Bestselling author! Boys and girls, what is more fun
than playing Minecraft? Taking an adventure with Gameknight999 into
the world you love! Herobrine, the artificially intelligent virus,
was deleted. The computer it resided in was completely destroyed.
Without their leader, the few survivors of its evil army were cast
away into the shadows. It looked as if there would finally be peace
and happiness throughout the servers of Minecraft. But suddenly,
and mysteriously, software began misbehaving. Sheep fell from the
sky. Snowballs appeared out of nowhere. What seemed at first like
harmless glitches quickly became dangerous. Pigs begin walking
backwards, it starts to snow in the middle of the desert, and sheep
are falling from the sky. Gameknight999, the
User-that-is-not-a-user, has no choice but to investigate. But the
odd yet harmless pranks are turning deadly, and it's not long
before entire villages are completely destroyed. Examining the
arrogant clues, Gameknight is no longer so sure that Herobrine was
destroyed after all. Is it possible he escaped? Everything points
towards a deadly trap far worse than anything that Minecraft has
seen before. Will Gameknight solve the puzzle before the Overworld
is destroyed? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and
Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for
young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books,
books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our
list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft;
stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about
tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more.In
particular, this adventure series is created especially for readers
who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like
Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft,
Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While not every title we publish becomes
a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are
committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Legacy
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Illusions shatter--and Sophie and her friends face impossible choices--in this astonishing eighth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Sophie Foster wants answers. But after a lifetime of lies, sometimes the truth is the most dangerous discovery. Even the smallest secret comes with terrifying new responsibilities.
And Sophie's not the only one with blank spots in her past, or mysteries surrounding her family. She and her friends are part of something much bigger than they imagined--and their roles have already been chosen for them.
Every clue drags them deeper into the conspiracy. Every memory forces them to question everything--especially one another. And the harder they fight, the more the lines blur between friend and enemy.
'Dazzling storytelling' - Hilary McKay Born with a serious heart
condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and
this summer it's finally going to happen. The moment his heart is
fixed he'll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just
like he's always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps.
When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he
dreams of are just silly fantasies. And then he finds a girl hiding
in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet
wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the
Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and
Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to
realise that when you stop worrying about what's impossible, you
can do anything. A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip
adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the
author of The Wild Way Home.
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The Faint of Heart
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Kerilynn Wilson; Illustrated by Kerilynn Wilson
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“Beautiful, tender, and relevant. Full of mystery, and not
surprisingly, full of heart.â€â€”Tillie Walden, award-winning
author of Spinning What would you do if you were the only person
left with a heart? The only person left who felt anything at all?
Would you give in to the pressure to conform? Or would you protect
your heart at all costs? Part Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
and part Severance, this debut teen graphic novel is a vivid and
haunting read for fans of Nimona and This One Summer. Not that long
ago, the Scientist discovered that all sadness, anxiety, and anger
disappeared when you removed your heart. And that's all it took.
Soon enough, the hospital had lines out the door—even though the
procedure numbed the good feelings, too. Everyone did it.
Everyone except high school student June. But now the pressure,
loneliness, and heartache are mounting, and it’s becoming harder
and harder to be the only one with a heart. One day, June comes
across an abandoned heart in a jar. The heart in the jar intrigues
her, it baffles her, and it brings her hope. But the heart also
brings her Max, a classmate with a secret of his own. And it may
rip June’s own heart in two. Part speculative fiction and part
cautionary tale, The Faint of Heart is a moving and ethereal debut
that questions morality and the feelings that seem too big to
contain.Â
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White Fawn
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Thomas Brennan knew his first hunt would be special, but when a
two-colored stag appears in the forest by his home, he quickly
realizes he cannot shoot the beautiful animal. Instead, the buck is
killed by Mr. Williams, the cruel landowner that employs Tom's
family. The piebald buck's death bothers Tom more than it should,
and soon bizarre things begin to happen: songbirds vanish, the
forest grows menacing, and Tom suddenly finds himself the sole
caretaker of a mysterious white fawn ...Clarisse Williams isn't
especially surprised when her father brings home a dead piebald
deer; as an avid hunter, he has exhibited a fondness for the
bizarre and unusual. However, Clarisse can't explain her own
fascination with the poor stag, or why nightmares wake her and lead
her outdoors in the middle of winter, or why her neighbor Tom
snoops around her barn at midnight ...Together, the children
attempt to protect their precious charge while hunting for
information. What links the piebald stag so closely to the forest?
What force stopped Tom from killing the buck? What draws Clarisse
to the piebald's smooth, straight antlers?What is the white fawn?
Introducing I Can Read Comics, a brand-new early reader line that
familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and
encourages visual literacy in emerging readers.
Meet the robots Blink and Block in this STEM-inspired story by debut
author-illustrator Vicky Fang. Blink is scanning the playground for
treasure, and Block is pretty sure there’s no gold to be found. Will
Blink prove that treasure does exist—or will these two new pals find
something even better?
Friendbots: Blink and Block Make a Wish is a Level Two I Can Read
Comic, an engaging story for children starting to read on their
own.
The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and
deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional
Mars rover, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words
for Home. New York Times bestseller! A Best Book of the Year from
The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Meet Resilience, a Mars
rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore
Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new
things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to
develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there's a problem with his
programming.... Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res
blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter
named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place
filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars's
difficult landscape, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space
exploration. As millions of people back on Earth follow his
progress, will Res have the determination, courage, and resilience
to succeed... and survive?
The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel from
YouTube sensation Joey Graceffa dares to ask the question: What
would you do in order to survive if your very existence were
illegal? Rowan is a second child in a world where population
control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can
never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will
mark her as a true member of Eden. Outside of Eden, Earth is
poisoned and dead. All animals and most plants have been destroyed
by a man-made catastrophe. Long ago, the brilliant scientist Aaron
Al-Baz saved a pocket of civilization by designing the
EcoPanopticon, a massive computer program that hijacked all global
technology and put it to use preserving the last vestiges of
mankind. Humans will wait for thousands of years in Eden until the
EcoPan heals the world. As an illegal second child, Rowan has been
hidden away from the ruthless Center government in her family's
compound for sixteen years. Now, desperate to see the world, she
recklessly escapes for what she swears will be only one night of
adventure. Though she finds an exotic world, and even a friend, the
night leads to tragedy. Soon Rowan becomes a renegade on the run.
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Children of Eden is a
thrilling and completely absorbing work from one of social media's
brightest young storytellers. Taking the genre of dystopian fiction
far beyond where it has traveled before, viral sensation Joey
Graceffa's first novel introduces us to an empowering and endearing
young protagonist and a world that contains as many perils as it
does illuminating surprises, perfect for fans of the Divergent and
Maze Runner series.
"You must go to the dragon. You must leave tonight."
Before she even hears the words, Kaeldra already knows she must
find the mother dragon whose draclings have just hatched and get
some of the precious milk in order to save her foster sister's
life. Since Kaeldra can communicate with dragons, she is the only
one who can accomplish the task. And so she begins a journey that
will entwine her fate with that of three little draclings and one
would-be dragonslayer--a journey that will become a struggle for
life.
A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls in one original graphic novel. Written by Alex Hirsch.
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Shadows
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Grace
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"One of the most extraordinary works of fantasy, for adults or
children, published so far this century." --"Time" magazine on the
Fairyland series
September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and
the boy Saturday. She longs to leave the routines of home and
embark on a new adventure. Little does she know that this time, she
will be spirited away to the moon, reunited with her friends, and
find herself faced with saving Fairyland from a moon-Yeti with
great and mysterious powers.
"The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two" is
another rich, beautifully told, wisely humorous, and passionately
layered book from "New York Times"-bestselling author Catherynne M.
Valente.
The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by
Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of
Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as
wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman) This
collection contains the novella "The Finder," and the short stories
"The Bones of the Earth," "Darkrose and Diamond," "On the High
Marsh," and "Dragonfly." Concluding with an account of Earthsea's
history, people, languages, literature, and magic, this edition
also features two new maps of Earthsea. With stories as perennial
and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of
The Rings--but also unlike anything but themselves--Ursula K. Le
Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded
works in literature. They have received accolades such as the
National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many
more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and
minds of readers and the literary world alike. Join the millions of
fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As The Guardian put
it: "Ursula Le Guin's world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny
islands cast on a vast sea. The islands' names pull at my heart
like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ." The Earthsea Cycle
includes: A Wizard of Earthsea The Tombs of Atuan The Farthest
Shore Tehanu Tales from Earthsea The Other Wind
Believe it or not, this book is about boredom. Yup, you read it
right - BOREDOM! Do you usually feel bored? Then this book is FOR
YOU! In The Boring Galaxy, Captain Fingerman takes an explorative
mission through duh, the Boring Galaxy, of course! As captain of
the Banana Star, and accompanied by his brilliant A.I. friend,
B.I.R.I., Captain Fingerman discovers how to reformulate all that's
boring: showers, queues, books, and whatever! So join us, and
you'll find that BORING can be FUN and EXCITING when you let
yourself be guided by your IMAGINATION! No kidding! And psst...!
Captain Fingerman is super dorky, so BEWARE! Like really, really
BEWARE! Over and out!
Falling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits. Now
high school sophomores, the self-styled "Freaks" are back in class
in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary
challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While
everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been
more deceiving. A secret government task force-fully aware of the
unusual powers the Freaks have acquired-is determined to capture
them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Sterne shares ancient wisdom
and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside
of town. Clever, inexorable, and far more lethal than the Freaks'
first superhuman foe, this traveler from another world possesses
powers that can only be described as godlike. The Freaks and their
town will be tested in horrific ways they are powerless to predict
or even imagine.
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