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2) Omega rising
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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"The Voyagers land on a planet made entirely of water where they must find the third element of the Source that will save the Earth."--
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Voyagers (Random House) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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"The Alpha and Omega teams are in a race for the six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy, but the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy, and the teams are running out of time."--
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Voyagers (Random House) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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Eight boys and girls compete for a spot on the space voyage that will search for a source to solve Earth's energy crisis.
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Voyagers (Random House) volume 6
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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The Voyagers have made it to the last planet but must acquire a seventh element, combat dragons and an alien clone, and face serious illness before returning to Earth.
7) The return
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[2009]
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After more than a century of exploring the stars, Keith Stoner returns from being cryogenically frozen and discovers that the world he left does not match the one he left.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon is not only the first installment in Jules Verne's celebrated Voyages Extraordinaires series, but also the first of Verne's works to earn him widespread popularity as a writer of science fiction and adventure novels.
Following his invention of an ingenious new air balloon capable of long-distance flight, Dr. Samuel Fergusson embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his trusted servant, Joe, and loyal friend, Dick Kennedy....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day- yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. It's not until Wanda fails to come to...
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Voyagers volume 5
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Earth is in danger! The only thing that can save our planet are six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy. But the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy. And its up to the Voyagers-a team of four remarkable kids and an alien-to gather them all and return to Earth. The Voyagers' fifth stop is Planet Tundra and it may look like a giant marshmallow, but this is no winter wonderland-its a winter nightmare! This frozen...
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The frightened people have heard the weird noises and seen the eerie glow atop the mountain. Only one man, Chief Inspector John Stock, finds a clue. And only he is able to trace the threads of the mystery to a fantastic machine and its creator - a genius who intends to make his mad dreams come true.
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2017
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But strange as the journey may be, it's nowhere near as strange as what they will find waiting at its end.
One of the lesser known novels by Jules Verne, but certainly a novel that is worth reading, An Antarctic Mystery or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields is a fictional travelogue that describes the narrator's adventures as he travels from Kerguelen Islands, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, towards the South Pole.
The novel is the account of the...
13) The Borrowers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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A family of miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans is forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
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Originally published in French in 1867, Michael Strogoff, or, the Courier of the Czar, is regarded as one of Jules Verne's greatest novels. This intriguing tale set in Russia tells the story of one man, Michael Strogoff, the Czar's courier, who is set out on an impossible mission to save his country. A traitor inspires the dangerous Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and form a rebellion, leading to a plot to kill the czar's brother, the Grand Duke. As...
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This novel from the author of Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth captures the terror and tragedy of a shipwreck. This 1875 novel portrays in devastating detail the final voyage of a British sailing ship, the Chancellor, in the form of a diary written by one of its passengers, J. R. Kazallon. Carrying eight travelers and twenty crew members, the Chancellor sets sail from Charleston, South Carolina. Nearly a month...
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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is a unique addition to Jules Verne's beloved adventure series, Voyages Extraordinaire, as it is among the few Verne novels that does not include elements of science fiction. Instead, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon combines the adventure genre with a murder mystery. After being falsely accused of a crime, Joam Garral was forced to flee Brazil. Now, many years later, he is living on a thriving Peruvian plantation...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 12
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"A mysterious gentleman named Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune that he can travel around the world in just eighty days. Accompanied by his hapless servant Passepartout, Fogg sets out on a journey through jungles, deserts and mountains, across oceans and into great dangers"--
18) Half magic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes. Edward Eager's hilarious and heartwarming Half Magic has been working wizardry on young readers for fifty years. To celebrate the golden anniversary of this enduringly popular story, a deluxe edition of the book has been created. It...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 17
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"Jules Verne's pioneering classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, who finds a scrap of parchment in an old manuscript. A cipher, written in runes, tells of an entrance to another world - a world hidden beneath our own. So with his nephew reluctantly in tow, the Professor follows this cryptic clue down into a dormant volcano, and the further they descend, the more extraordinary the discoveries and creatures...
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"The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras" is a gripping exploration of uncharted territories by the visionary Jules Verne. It chronicles the relentless ambition of Captain Hatteras, who, driven by an insatiable hunger for discovery, undertakes a perilous journey towards the North Pole. Battling extreme weather conditions, mutinous crew, and the uncertainty of unexplored regions, Hatteras demonstrates unyielding courage and determination in...