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Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple"--
Eighteenth-century Ohio: two brothers travel into the wooded frontier, planting apple orchards from which they plan to profit in...
2) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Working to overthrow Queen Levana, a fugitive Cinder and her companions search for Rapunzel-like hacker Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood and who has received orders from Levana to foil Cinder's efforts.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alita awakens with no memory in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman. Ido also tries to shield Alita from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, war has raged on the dusty, red surface of Mars. This apocalyptic crucible will produce the solar system's most fearsome warrior, Alita. But for now that warrior is just a little girl named Yoko. The future and past of the battle angel fan out across the reaches of space in the final chapter of one of the greatest sci-fi epics of all time!
6) Blame!: 4
Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sanakan attempts to destroy the Central A.I., as Mensab and her guardian knight, Seu, fight for the lives of the human residents they promised to protect. After the Central A.I. recklessly attempts to forward the whole of TOHA Heavy Industries, Kyrii and Cibo are left with a precious genetic sample from a very old human being. Wanting to test the genetic sample for signs of the Net Terminal Gene, Kyrii and Cibo make their way through an unofficial...
8) Blame!: 2
Author
Series
Blame! volume 2
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Administration contacts Kyrii and Cibo, encouraging them to keep searching for the Net Terminal Gene which will stop the City from its intractable, chaotic growth. The Admin also warns them of the autonomous Safeguards, vicious entities that attempt to kill off any humans who access the Netsphere without the required Net Terminal Gene. Kyrii is attacked, and a group of humans who have settled on the outskirts of Toha Heavy Industries comes to...
9) Blame!: 1
Author
Series
Blame! volume 1
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In a future version of Earth, there is a city grown so chaotically massive that its inhabitants no longer recall what "land" is. Within this megastructure the silent, stoic Kyrii is on a mission to find the Net Terminal Gene-- a genetic mutation that once allowed humans to access the cybernetic NetSphere. Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter, Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans, cyborgs and silicon-based lifeforms. Along the...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer...
Author
Series
Battle angel Alita: Mars chronicle volume 1
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 1
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 3
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 1
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
“Two centuries before their clash on Mars, Yoko and Erica were war orphans trying to survive on the red planet, unaware of their shared fate. The harsh world is the setting for the past that Erica has buried within her memories, as well as the place that holds the secret of Yoko’s birth…”---Cover.
Author
Series
Girls with sharp sticks volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
""Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns..." In GIRLS WITH SHARP STICKS, Mena and the rest of the girls escaped Innovations Academy after learning their true origins. "Make me a girl with a razor heart..." In GIRLS WITH RAZOR HEARST, the girls discovered the outside world is just as cruel as the academy that made them. And in the thrilling conclusion of the trilogy, GIRLS WITH REBEL SOULS, it's time for the ultimate showdown"--
13) Robocop
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. When Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father, and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing. There is still a man inside the machine, pursuing justice....
14) Blame!: 3
Author
Series
Blame! volume 3
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Cibo has uploaded herself into Sanakan's body, and she struggles to suppress Sanakan's consciousness and the Safeguard commands. Cibo and Kyrii continue their hunt for the Net Terminal Gene inside of Toha Heavy Industries, which appears to be a safe space where neither the Administration nor the Safeguards can interfere. Mensab is one of the few AIs who succeeded in protecting her human charges from the deadly attacks of the Silicon Life. Mensab...
Author
Series
Girls with sharp sticks volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the near future at a girls-only private high school isolated in the Colorado mountains, Mena and her classmates--under the watchful eyes of their Guardian, professors, and analyst--are trained to be beautiful and obedient for their sponsors and investors.
Author
Series
Battle angel Alita: Mars chronicle volume 4
Battle Angel Alita.Mars chronicle volume 04
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 4
Battle Angel Alita.Mars chronicle volume 04
Battle angel Alita Mars chronicle volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Erica is now under the tutelage of Baron Muster, who has taken it upon himself to school her in the ways of villainy. Erica displays an uncanny knack for being bad, making her the perfect pupil, but her young mind and fresh perspectives also prove to be a boon in Muster's search for a legendary Martian treasure. With Erica's help, Muster and his team make it to a secret labyrinth that houses the famed treasure, but before Muster can finally get his...
17) Blame!: 6
Author
Publisher
Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this final installment, Kyrii, still searching for the Net Terminal Gene, traces the steps of Cibo, reincarnated as a Level 9 Safeguard, and Sanakan, now a representative of the Administration. As Sanakan guides Cibo to a safe place where her sphere can develop in peace, Cibo is captured by the Silicon Life. Sanakan contacts Kyrii requesting his help in rescuing Cibo, because in her current form she may hold the key to saving the city. Sanakan...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. The original Terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Becoming a samurai seems like an impossible dream for Hachimaru, a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life changes!... Hachimaru is the last man standing in the samurai battle royale, earning him the right to face the founder of the festival. Can Hachimaru recruit this powerful warrior who claims to be a key to Pandora's Box? Or is something more nefarious about to go down...?"--Provided...
20) RoboCop 2
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
RoboCop, the half man/half machine cop, is back, and his mission is to rid the streets of Detroit of a new and deadly drug, "Nuke." To complicate matters, the evil corporation that created him wants to take over the city and develop RoboCop 2, a newer and more powerful version to replace the original.
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