Skyship Academy The Pearl Wars

Pearlbreaker Jesse Fisher is on a mission to free as many Drifters as he can—ignoring the direct orders of Captain Alkine. When Jesse is mysteriously freed from the Skyship brig, he rescues Cassius from Theo. Cassius and Jesse learn they are the children of Haven rebels, sent to Earth to continue the battle against Haven’s totalitarian regime.

A devastated Earth’s last hope is found in Pearls: orbs from space that can power entire cities. The Skyship dwellers—political dissidents who live in the Earth’s stratosphere—are battling the corrupt Surface government to control the Pearls. An unexpected encounter triggers remarkable and dangerous powers in the two enemies.

Earth is under attack by the alien Authority from the planet Haven. Cassius and his brother Jesse are the keys to defending Earth. But the enemy’s new weapon sends the resistance into turmoil. Alliances shift, traitors are revealed, and soon Earth’s last chance at salvation lies in the hands of one brother who must make the ultimate sacrifice.

Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with this riveting children's debut. Twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood has always known exactly what he wanted—to win the state soccer championship, get into the best high school, and become an astronaut. Then he meets Madison and Felix, who tell him something . . . insane. They claim that 50 years ago, aliens took over the earth, and everyone past puberty is under their mind control. Ethan doesn't believe it. But then he sees for himself the aliens' monster bug robots and the incredible way that Madison and Felix have learned to fight them. So Ethan Blackwood has a choice: he can go back to his normal, suburban, protected lie of a life—or he can become a Resister. This science fiction on the lines of Scott Westerfield and Cory Doctorow for middle graders is now available in paperback.

Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara*Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara*Starr's family moves to another state, in a complex and emotionally rich novel about two friends coping with overwhelming change.

"Alenna Shawcross and the rebels head off the wheel to start a revolution"--

In Pittacus Lore’s The Rise of Nine, third in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, the stakes are higher than ever as John, Six, and Seven try desperately to find the rest of the Garde before it’s too late. The Mogadorians who destroyed the planet Lorien continue to hunt down the Garde, the small group of Loric survivors who have taken refuge on Earth. The Garde must come together. They are Lorien and Earth’s only hope. During the dangerous mission at the Mogadorian base in West Virginia, John found and rescued Nine. But even with their combined powers, special abilities known as Legacies, the pair barely escaped with their lives—and they lost Sam in the process. In order to save our world and their own, John and Nine must join forces with Six and Seven who have been battling the Mogadorians in Spain, and who are now trying to locate Number Eight in India. Power in numbers will save us all.

Text ends on p. 449. Remaining pages contain the first two chapters of I am Number Four: the lost files: hunt for the garde.

Urza’s Legacy Unfolds Urza Planeswalker has enlisted the most brilliant minds from across Dominaria to study at his academy on Tolaria. Together they work to bring to life the greatest artifact weapon Urza has ever devised, hoping to use it to defend their home from an imminent Phyrexian invasion. But treachery and tragedy stalk the tiny island, as Urza and his followers seek to manipulate time itself.

Almost all of John's class has come down with the deadly Zhaldarian flu, but humans are immune--so with their friends' lives on the line John and Mordant steal a ship, break quarantine, and set out for a distant nebula to find the cure.