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Leaving the walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind, Amy and Elder are ready to build a home on Centauri-Earth. But they must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together.
6) Relic
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"The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a new adventure novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Ruslan is the last surviving human being in the entire universe. Saved by a species of friendly aliens, Ruslan is forced to live life as an artifact of history, paying a lonely homage to a once-proud race that spanned the stars. Now, with the weight of his near-extinct species pressing down on him, Ruslan embarks...
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"It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a lifetime, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native population struggling with a dangerous illness and hungry for Peter's teachings--his Bible is their "book of strange new...
12) My friend Earth
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Die-cut pages invite reader to explore how Earth is a friend to all creatures, watching over us as the year cycles through the seasons.
13) Tierra, tierrita
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"Renowned poet and children's book author Jorge Argueta and illustrator Felipe Ugalde Alcantara collaborate again on the beautiful fourth book in the trilingual Madre Tierra / Mother Earth series of picture books that combine poetry, the environment and the interconnectedness of life on Mother Earth"--Provided by the publisher.
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You are a brave alien who lives on a planet of wise, technologically-advanced beings. There's just one problem: you are the only member of your generation. Lately, it seems like no matter what you do venture off the grid into the Black Territory following an alligator; befriending new species; transmitting messages out to the universe you get into trouble with the Elder Tribunal. It 's like they don't even remember being just 450 years old! You finally...
15) Home planet
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On a school break, Sam, who was born on the moon and never has been to Earth, is invited by his aunt to visit the green and blue planet. Sam is excited to spend some time with his cousin, Linn, and maybe come to love his home planet.
16) The spaceman
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A tiny spaceman on a mission to visit planets and collect boring rock samples lands on Earth and, while admiring an astonishingly beautiful flower, finds his tiny spaceship has been stolen by a bird. An impromptu adventure shows the spaceman that Earth is anything but boring, and by the end, when he has made a certain furry, waggly-tailed friend, he might just decide to stay.
17) Lost on Earth
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Twins Trudy and Tina are heading home from a field trip with their class when the Space Bus has a problem and Ms. Bickleblorb must make a landing on the mysterious planet Earth.
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So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the humans...
19) Ashgarden
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After crash landing on what they thought was an uninhabitable Earth, Myra, Hannah, and Bernard discover that the planet is populated by Botans, while back on Venus, Canter and Lila work with an insider to expose treachery and prevent disaster.
20) Viewfinder
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In this wordless graphic novel, a young space traveler happens upon Earth, where they discover a planet that had at one time shown signs of civilization. The space traveler explores an old school yard and finds a time capsule with a viewfinder that offers clues about what life was like. After exploring the remnants of a train station, a library, a museum, an underwater submarine, and a treehouse, they decide to return home, but not before leaving...