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5) Horizon
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When Aero Horizon 16 crashes in the Arctic, eight children emerge from the wreckage to find themselves alone and surrounded, not by ice, but by a mysterious and deadly jungle full of carnivorous plants and predatory birds--the other five hundred people from the plane are gone, not necessarily dead, but taken by something that lives in the jungle. Horizon is the debut middle grade novel for Scott Westerfeld.
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Lyra and her daemon hurtle toward danger in the cold, far North, determined to rescue the children held captive by the notorious and cruel Gobblers. Her difficult journey to uncover the truth will lead her to encounter fierce Gyptian fighters, mysterious flying witches, and the mighty deposed king of the armored bears, lorek Byrnison.
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Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Melting Arctic Ice shines a light on how climate change is affecting Earth's polar region. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind greenhouse gases, polar sea ice, and rising sea levels, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation.
12) Endurance
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"Ryan Keene and his sea lion, Hansel, are members of the US Navy's Marine Mammal Program, which sounds exciting but rarely involves any real danger. Mostly they are responsible for recovering lost objects from the ocean floor. That all changes they travel to the perilous Arctic, where polar bears stalk the ice and killer whales prowl the water. But even at the ends of the Earth, the most dangerous predator is man."--Back cover.