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1) Mainspring
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Jay Lake's first trade novel is an astounding work of creation. Lake has envisioned a clockwork solar system, where the planets move in a vast system of gears around the lamp of the Sun. It is a universe where the hand of the Creator is visible to anyone who simply looks up into the sky, and sees the track of the heavens, the wheels of the Moon, and the great Equatorial gears of the Earth itself.
Mainspring is the story of a young clockmaker's apprentice,...
3) Dead silence
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343 pages ; 22 cm
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Investigating a strange distress signal, Claire Kovalik and her crew discover a luxury space-liner that vanished 20 years prior and board the vessel to find words scrawled in blood, strange movements and whispers in the dark.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed -- made obsolete -- when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate....
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48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 26 cm
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In this creative nonfiction work, just after learning that Earth's scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along the way.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Ada knows that the best place for star-gazing is on the island in Maine where she vacations with her grandparents. By day, she tracks osprey in the trees, paddles a kayak, and hunts for shells. But she's most in her element when the sun goes down and the stars blink to life. Will the fog this year foil her plans, or will her grandfather find a way to shine a spotlight on the vast puzzle of the universe ... until the weather turns?"--
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Albert Hopper science hero volume 2
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143 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
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English
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Professor Albert Hopper, frog and Science Hero, travels with his niece Polly and nephew Tad throughout the solar system, exploring the sun, asteroids and comets, and the planets.
10) Blast off
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Amelia Bedelia and friends volume 6
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147 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Amelia Bedelia and her friends are out of this world! At a super fun backyard sleepover with s'mores and more s'mores and lots of giggles, Amelia Bedelia and her friends each make a wish on a shooting star. And one by one, those wishes start coming true. All except Heather's. Do the friends have the power to grant Heather's wish? It's a big one. But going to space isn't exactly rocket science - is it?"--
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