Science Fiction & Fantasy
Dune
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A modern sci-fi classic about an alien society. Detailed & absorbing.
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Joe, East Shore Area Library
The Kingdom on the Edge of Reality
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Leave the modern world behind and join Jack as he adapts to living in a medieval kingdom designed by his childhood friend.
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Phyllis, East Shore Area Library
Sandman Slim
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A gifted Magician gets snatched by demons, and taken to Hell. 11 years later, he escapes, and becomes a sort of supernatural Hitman.
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Lydia, William H. & Marion C. Alexander Family Library
The Spiderwick Chronicles
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3 kids discover a world beyond their own and it leads them on a load of adventures.
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Connor, East Shore Area Library
The Gunslinger
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1st in Dark Tower series about a gunslinger's adventures; fantasy
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Joe, East Shore Area Library
Uprooted
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Apprentice which fights evil with unconventional magic. I didn't want it to end, but I couldn't put the book down.
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Phyllis, East Shore Area Library
A Wrinkle in Time
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Along with her friends, a young girl searches for her father who disappeared while doing secret government work. Newbery Medal winner.
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Connor, East Shore Area Library
Impact
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What connects a meteoroid in Maine with the murder of a scientist in California? Wyman Ford in on the case, and the solution is out of this world (literally).
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Ray
Poseidon's Arrow
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A great Clive Cussler novel where the heroes must prevent international spies from getting the plans for a cutting-edge submarine.
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Ray, Northern Dauphin Library
Nighthawk
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From the NUMA Files: more international intrigue as the US, Russia, and China chase after a bomb more powerful than a nuclear weapon. But who is really in control?
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Ray, Northern Dauphin Library
Rise of Empire
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This is the second book in the trilogy, "The Riyria Revelations." The entire trilogy describes a world of elves, men, dwarves, and goblins, where an authoritarian institution has been keeping a dark secret for 3000 years.
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Ray, Northern Dauphin Library
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A Neverland story for grown-ups. Hook tells a tragic tale of loss and hatred and is saved by the power of love.