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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
How well do you know the tale of Hansel and Gretel? Was the old woman a witch or a homeowner with a serious sweet tooth? Did Hansel and Gretel leave behind bread crumbs or space beacons? Navigate through three versions of the fairy tale. In these stories YOU CHOOSE how they end.
84) Virtual War
Author
Series
Virtual war chronologs volume 1
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 6
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Until now Uncle Dan has only used classic books in his program, so being commissioned to turn a new manuscript into a virtual reality world sounds exciting--but while they are testing the program, Isabelle realizes that the book is plagiarized from The purloined letter, and it is up to Carter to teach the author a lesson.
86) Mindmaster
Author
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Imagine an arcade game that can read your mind, steal your thoughts, and from which you cannot escape.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Wearable technology, or wearables, put the power of a computer in a small piece of jewelry or clothing. They can check messages, listen to music, or even monitor health conditions. Inside Wearable Technology introduces readers to the uses of wearable technology, the hardware and software that make wearable technology possible, and the future of wearable technology" -- Amazon.com
Author
Series
Mirador volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni -- a smart device implanted right in a person's head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen -- and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it. Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador,...
89) Firebreak
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
"New Liberty City, 2134. Two corporations have replaced the US, splitting the country's remaining forty-five states (five have been submerged under the ocean) between them: Stellaxis Innovations and Greenleaf. There are nine supercities within the continental US, and New Liberty City is the only amalgamated city split between the two megacorps, and thus at a perpetual state of civil war as the feeds broadcast the atrocities committed by each side....
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Carter Lewis is having trouble making it through The legend of Sleepy Hollow, so his cousin Isabelle, suggests that he use his uncle's virtual reality machine to enter into the book as a character--and meet the Headless Horseman up-close and personal.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 4
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Uncle Dan is back, and with him is the beautiful Tempest St. Cloud with a promise of unlimited funding--but Carter's cousin Isabelle is suspicious, and when a demonstration excursion into Great expectations results in zombies and murderers Carter does not know what to think.
93) Idlewild
Author
Formats
Description
Upon waking up with no memory, a young man is plagued with finding out his past, figuring out whom from his past he can trust, and solving the question of who is trying to kill him.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Their Uncle Dan is still missing and Carter and Isabelle are starting to worry, especially after they receive a threatening call from the computer hacker--and he challenges them to match wits with him in Treasure Island.
95) State of Nature
Author
Series
The Park Service Trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"After leaving the Isle of Man, Aubrey and Jimmy return to the Foundation to confront Hannah about her betrayal and to free the people of Holocene II only to find themselves facing new and more difficult challenges in a world where nothing is as it seems."--P. [4] of cover.Book #3
97) King Tut's tomb
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about King Tut's tomb. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Virtual-reality headsets are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of virtual-reality immersion from the stereoscope and View-Master to flight simulators and arcade games to today's head mounted displays! Palmer Lucky and Occulus Rift are featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a virtual-reality headset works. Readers will learn about the future of virtual-reality headsets including military training...