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1) Code to zero
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A tale set during the height of the Cold War follows one man's journey to uncover family secrets on a quest that leads him into the heart of the nation's burgeoning space program.
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Aurora cycle volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
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Description
Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
'Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and favous. Gathering direct quotes from some of these folks who worked behind the scenes, and culling NASA transcripts, national archives, and stunning photos from Apollo 11, the author captures not only the sheer magnitude of this feat but also the dedication, ingenuity, and perseverance of the...
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Curious George original adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
[1957]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Following a day of misadventures, Curious George becomes the first space monkey.
7) Space
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jack and Annie present information about the universe, including our solar system, and briefly describe the history of space travel and of the science of astronomy.
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Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Discusses the first men and women who traveled into space, from Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to John Glenn. The world held its breath in July 1969 as it watched the first humans leave footprints on the Moon. Decades later, the lure of space exploration still sparks our imaginations. How did it all begin, and where else will it lead? This series chronicles the history of space exploration, from the invention of the rocket in China in the thirteenth...
9) Penguinaut!
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Orville is a little penguin who lives in a zoo and dreams of big adventures, like going to the Moon; the other animals are skeptical, but Orville is determined, so he builds a spaceship and sets out all by himself--and discovers that real adventures are best when they are shared with friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Max the dog and his friend Tori take the first trip to the Moon since the Apollo missions, inspiring the nations of the world to build a Moon colony. Scientific principles that support the story are clearly explained in "Big Kid Boxes" appearing on each page.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 22
Description
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses...
12) Up, up, and away
Author
Pub. Date
c1982
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Two children travel to the moon in a spaceship, do some exploring, and come back home again.
13) Dragon pearl
Author
Series
Thousand worlds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
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"Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces."--
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
High up in the sky, the Moon has spent her whole life watching the happenings of Earth below, from dinosaurs roaming to planes taking flight, hoping for a visitor, until one day in 1969 when a spaceship soars from Earth. Includes Earth timeline and a history of space exploration.
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the steps Neil Armstrong took in order to become the first person to land on the moon. A story of calculated risk, perseverance, and earth-defying reward, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the famous astronaut -- brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that fly off the page.
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 9
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Jack is transported to Russia to find the whereabouts of a key aerospace engineer, who turns out to be his father, before the launch of the first manned mission to Mars.
"On the eve of the first manned mission to Mars, Secret Agent Jack Stalwart learns that the mission's chief rocket engineer has disappeared. When he finds out that engineer is his father, Jack vows the kidnapper is going to live to regret it. Can Jack keep his cool to save the day?..."p.[4]...
20) Neil Armstrong
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Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An illustrated biography of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, telling of his life and experiences as the first man to walk on the moon through a series of questions and answers.