The Resisters #2: Sterling Squadron
The Resisters #2: Sterling Squadron

Author: Eric Nylund

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0375899278

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Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in The Resisters series. Even as he trains to be a pilot for the Resisters, twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood is still reeling from the news that aliens called the Ch'zar have taken over the world and put all the adults under their mind control. Now the Ch'zar mechanical bug armies are growing. The Resisters need more pilots like Ethan, kids who aren't afraid to think for themselves. Ethan knows just where the Ch'zar send troublemakers like that—to Sterling Reform School. Can Ethan find a way to break into Sterling and recruit new fighters before the enemy discovers the Resisters' underground base?

The Sterling Squadron
The Sterling Squadron

Author: Eric S. Nylund

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0375868577

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When 12-year-old Ethan, still a trainee, learns that the alien Ch'zar invaders are rapidly growing in number, he initiates a radical plan to increase the ranks of Resistor pilots and soon finds himself leading battle forces. Simultaneous.

The Resisters #1: The Resisters
The Resisters #1: The Resisters

Author: Eric Nylund

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0375872248

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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.

The Resisters #3: Titan Base
The Resisters #3: Titan Base

Author: Eric Nylund

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2013-01-08

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0375981209

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Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the third book in the Resisters series. Despite their recent victory over the alien Ch'zar, Ethan Blackwood and his squadron have no time to rest. The Ch'zar are still relentlessly searching for the Seed Bank, the Resisters' secret base—and they're getting dangerously close. If they find it, all the adults in the Seed Bank will be absorbed into the the aliens' collective mind. Now Ethan and his friends must evade all Ch'zar scouts and find a new home for the Resistance. Once again, it's all up to the kids.

The Resisters #4: Operation Inferno
The Resisters #4: Operation Inferno

Author: Eric Nylund

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0375981195

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Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the fourth book in the Resisters series. As Ethan and the other Resisters explore Titan Base, they learn more about human technology prior to the alien Ch'zar's conquering of Earth. But before they can fully understand the weapons now at their disposal, the Ch'zar find their new base! The Resisters have just one chance left—if they can destroy the aliens' huge industrial complex, they can buy themselves some time. But to do it, they'll have to infiltrate the Ch'zar collective and risk being absorbed by the hive mind.

Abe Lincoln
Abe Lincoln

Author: Sterling North

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0394891791

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A biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his childhood spent in poverty on the Midwestern frontier, and chronicles his rise to the Presidency and the highlights of his tenure. Reissue.

Titan Base
Titan Base

Author: Eric S. Nylund

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780375971273

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Twelve-year-old Ethan must take command of a fractious flying squadron charged with finding a new Resister base, while being pursued by alien invaders.

Operation Inferno
Operation Inferno

Author: Eric S. Nylund

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780375971280

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"Ethan and his team must infiltrate a heavily guarded Ch'zar industrial complex to stop the aliens from attacking the Resister's new base"--Provided by publisher.

The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
The Science of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials

Author: Mary Gribbin

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2008-12-24

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 030754544X

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HIS DARK MATERIALS IS SOON TO BE AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is renowned for its mystery and magic. What’s the truth behind it all? Is the golden compass actually based in science? How does the subtle knife cut through anything? Could there be a bomb like the one made with Lyra’s hair? How do the Gallivespians’ lodestone resonators really work? And, of course, what are the Dark Materials? Drawing on string theory and spacetime, quantum physics and chaos theory, award-winning science writers Mary and John Gribbin reveal the real science behind Philip Pullman’s bestselling fantasy trilogy in entertaining and crystal-clear prose. Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials! ** THE BOOK OF DUST ** La Belle Sauvage—now in paperback The Secret Commonwealth—coming October 3