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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
2) Morning star
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society's mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart...
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English
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"The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. The novel's hero is trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, when he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 1938 radio...
Author
Series
Young wizards volume 9
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Young wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan manage to wangle their way onto an elite team sent to investigate the mysterious, long-sought "message in a bottle" that holds the first clues to the secrets of the ancient Martian race.
7) Eyes on Mars
Publisher
Space Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The main feature "Eyes On Mars" is a fascinating movie about our ongoing quest to fully understand the mysteries that are Mars. Bonus features include commentary by guest experts, a Mars art gallery, and short films about Mars explorations.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK's promise to...
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"This musical mission to Mars will have young astronauts talking--and singing--about the science of space travel. Explore the science behind a trip to Mars, from launch to landing on the Red Planet. Set to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell," this jaunty journey follows five adorable, bobble-headed astronauts as they learn how to bathe in zero gravity, grow veggies in space, and entertain themselves on the six-month trip. Even the design of the book...
10) Total recall
Publisher
Marion Kassar
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
A worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony, ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.
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Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mars relates key facts about itself, including that it is the fourth planet from the Sun, is the second smallest planet in the solar system, has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, and the tallest volcano in the solar system.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gardner Elliot has lived his whole life with a team of scientists on Mars. He's always longed to see Earth to find the father he's never known and to meet a beautiful street-smart girl named Tulsa he's become friends with online. But when his chance finally comes, doctors discover his heart can't withstand the Earth's atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner and Tulsa escape on a cross-country race against time to unravel the...
13) The Martian
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
15) Red Mars
Author
Series
Mars trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization.
“A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke
For centuries, the barren, desolate...
“A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke
For centuries, the barren, desolate...
16) Impact
Author
Series
Wyman Ford novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
When a brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast, and NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars, it's just the start of the adventure for a former CIA operative, technicians, and many others.
17) Welcome to Mars
Publisher
WGBH Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Documents the most significant events of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
18) Stranded on Mars
Publisher
4Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the not-so-distant future, a ground-breaking space expedition consisting of three astronauts is launched into space, their destination: Mars. Despite their best efforts, the rocket crashes during landing, tragically killing two of the crew members on impact. The Captain, Alexander, is the only survivor. Alexander soon realizes that his only chance of survival on the inhospitable planet is if Earth launches a rescue mission. Alexander awaits his...
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Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, has an adventure on Mars.
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