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Her name was Killashandra Ree; and after ten grueling years of musical training she was young, beautiful and without prospects. Then she heard of the mysterious Heptite Guild on the planet Ballybran, where the fabled Black Crystal was found. For those quailified, the Guild was said to provide careers, security, and the chance for wealth beyond imagining.
Author
Series
Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 1
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
288 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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English
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Carialle was born so physically disadvantaged that her only chance for life was as a shellperson. As the brain, Carialle, is a bodiless human wired into a spaceship, while her human partner, Keff, is the brawn. Their mission: to search the galaxy for intelligent beings. Intelligent life is thin on the galactic ground, so when Carialle and Keff arrive on a very nice little world with very nice little aliens-fuzzy, polite, and eager to please-they are...
5) Changelings
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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On the planet of Petaybee, when a visiting scientist discovers the shapeshifting talents of the Shongili twins, who are able to tranform from human to seal and back, the twins are in danger of kidnapping and must flee their home.
6) Killashandra
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English
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Killashandra Ree, a member of the Heptite Guild and a Crystal Singer, journeys to Optheria to replace and tune a famous organ's crystals but is kidnapped by rebel forces
7) Crystal line
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Killashandra, one of the most gifted singers on Ballybran, is drawn like a magnet to the song of crystal. In order to work with crystal, singers are infected with a symbiotic life form that heals them and gives them near eternal life-but slowly destroys their memories. Since crystal singing brings Killashandra ecstasy, she doesn't mind the initial small annoyances of memory loss. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart...
8) Catacombs
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Series
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Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
236 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young spacefarer Jubal and his telepathic cat Chester follow the enigmatic feline Pshaw-Ra on a journey to his cat-worshipping home planet, where the Barque Cats seek sanctuary.
9) Dragondrums
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English
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
10) Acorna's quest
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Acorna series volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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'I must find my own kind!' Found as an infant drifting in space, Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, has become a young woman. She still has her tiny, translucent horn, and her 'funny' feet and hands. And, she still has her miraculous ability to make plants grow and heal human sickness. But Acorna has strange dreams of a gentle folk who mind-speak by touching horns. With her 'Uncle' Calum, one of the three grizzled asteroid prospectors who rescued, protected,...
Author
Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
600 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carialle and Keff encounter a bizarre alien race ruled by power sorcerers in "The Ship Who Won," while in "The Ship Errant," an Inspector General who believes she has been damaged by a past trauma targets Carialle and Keff.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 20
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 434 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
13) Dragon Harper
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
14) Dragon's time
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
Publisher
Del Rey Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
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xvi, 321 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
15) Dragon's fire
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
366 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, young Cristov volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons.
16) Second Wave
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Series
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English
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It is difficult growing up in the shadow of heroes revered throughout the galaxy. But that is the lot of young Khorii-daughter of the legendary Acorna and her lifemate, Aari-who must now follow her own destiny through a fantastic universe of wonders and perils.
Khorii became a hero in her own right as she fought to save the universe from a mysterious, deadly plague that not even the healing powers of the Linyaari could stop. Now, confined with...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 13
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 26
Physical Desc
404 p. : map ; 25 cm.
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English
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The greatest dream of the dragonriders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction.
Author
Series
Acorna series volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Something's Alive In There!"
She was just a little girl, with a tiny horn in the center of her forehead, funny-looking feet, beautiful silver hair, and several curious powers: the ability to purify air and water, make plants grow, and heal scars and broken bones. A trio of grizzled prospectors found her drifting in an escape pod amid the asteroids, adopted her, and took her to the bandit planet Kezdet, a place where no questions are asked and the...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 15
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[1994.]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
340 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After being saved from drowning by talking dolphins, a boy sets out to integrate them into the world of humans. The dolphins--genetically engineered--were part of the original colony on Pern, but humans lost touch with them, preferring dragons who could be used to fight wars. By the author of The Chronicles of Pern.
20) Acorna's people
Author
Series
Acorna series volume 3
Language
English
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Filled with adventure and wonder, Acorna's Peoplecontinues the enthralling saga of Acorna, the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted creature known as the Unicorn Girl."Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!"
With the help of her "uncles" and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy her new home. The legendary resting place of the...
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