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In this "brilliantly written" book, the author of Brave New World reflects on his dystopian classic-and its echoes in the real world decades later (Kirkus Reviews).
Written almost thirty years after the publication of Aldous Huxley's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Brave New World Revisited compares the "future" of 1958 with his vision of it from the early 1930s. Touching on subjects as diverse as world population, drugs, subliminal suggestion,...
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"Morgan Finney, a biotechnology tycoon, is a shy, highly intelligent but socially awkward and emotionally fragile man. It was his wife, Jenny, with whom he connected and who enabled him to connect with others. When Jenny dies of complications during a surgery led by Dr. Rita Wu, Finney's grief turns to rage. He vows to kill Rita just as he believes she killed his wife. But first he will systematically destroy her life. Aided by a mysterious man named...
4) Enders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
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With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders--but he can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Having the chip removed could save Callie's life -- but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her father.
5) The program
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Tim Rackley novels volume 2
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Called back into the fold of the U.S. Marshals Service, Tim Rackley is tasked with retrieving Leah Henning, the daughter of a powerful Hollywood producer, from a mind-control cult. As Tim wends his way deep undercover into an insidious operation called "The Program," he confronts a brand of mind-warping manipulation beyond his worst expectations--Container.
6) Specials
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Uglies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
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The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious Ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor, frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary Pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary and now she's been turned into one of them. A superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the Uglies down and the Pretties stupid. The...
10) I am the mission
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Unknown assassin volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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"Teen assassin Boy Nobody is sent on a mission to assassinate the head of a domestic terrorism cell, but his mission turns up more questions about his job than answers"--
11) Candor
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 8
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For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively-- sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.
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School for S.P.I.E.S volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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To stop LOTUS from taking over the government with its mind-control device, reluctant spy Max Segredo must reunite with his father and orphan friends.
14) Wizard for hire
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Wizard for hire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
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After fourteen-year-old Ozzy's scientist parents are kidnapped, Ozzy's only help may be a classified ad that says "Wizards for hire."
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz brings Jane Hawk's one-woman war to an explosive climax as the rogue FBI agent wages her final battle against a terrifying conspiracy--for vengeance, for justice, and for humanity's freedom. "Jane Hawk is arguably the best character Koontz has created. Simply put, wow."--Associated Press Groundbreaking, wholly involving, eerily prescient and terrifyingly topical, Dean Koontz's Jane Hawk series sets...
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Witherwood Reform School volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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"Siblings Charlotte and Tobias are trapped within a creepy reform school--and entangled in its dark secrets"--
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Super Fly volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When Crazy Cockroach and two dung beetle henchmen try to brainwash the children of Stinkopolis using video games, only Super Fly and his sidekick, Fantastic Flea, can stop them.
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Captain Underpants volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other two hide in the tree house and play video games all day-then they switch! But when their malicious gym teacher, Mr Meaner, creates a method of mind control that turns their fellow students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, the future of all humanity will be in their hands!
19) The messengers
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Greystone secrets volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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Told from separate viewpoints, as evil forces from the parallel world invade their home, the Greystones, their doubles, and friends must return to the alternate dimension to save both worlds.
20) Strange brew
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Doug and Bob McKenzie go on quest for free beer, and some really bizarre things happen along the way.
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