18 books like Illuminae
Scythe
Thou shalt kill.
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.
Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art”…
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Gemina
Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
Shares: Space flight, Interplanetary voyages, Artificial Intelligence, Science Fiction
Pathfinder
The book begins with Rigg, a boy that has the strange ability to see the path of any living being, no matter how long ago it existed. He spends his time hunting with his father in the mountains, trapping for valuable pelts. His father is his mentor, and so he has taught Rigg everything he knows. His father dies impaled by a tree, and the man's parting words were to find not Rigg's mother, but his…
Shares: Space flight, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Legend
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In what was formerly known as the United States, a military prodigy and the most wanted criminal in the land find themselves unexpectedly working together as they uncover their government’s sins. “Legend will give Hunger Games fans something worthwhile to read.”—VOYA“A romantic thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is what it seems.”—Kami Garcia, New…
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The planet thieves
On a routine voyage aboard an Academy spaceship, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and his fellow cadets are attacked by the Tremist, an alien race who have been at war with humanity for the last sixty years.
Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Double Star
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars.
Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the…
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The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The fantastic story of the semimythical folk hero who has delighted generations of readers all over the world
Published anonymously in 1785, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen defies logic, the laws of physics, and even rational thought.
 
Karl Friedrich von Munchausen, also known as the Baron of Lies, was a retired army captain famed for his outlandish accounts of his war and…
Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Children's fiction
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor goes back to the Underland to save a new disease called the Plague. He finds out that he has to go on a new trip. He meets some new friends on the way.
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First meetings
When "Ender's Game" was first published as a novella twenty-five years ago, few would have predicted that it would become one of the most successful ventures in publishing history. Expanded into a novel in 1985, Ender's Game won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Never out of print and translated into dozens of languages, it is the rare work of fiction that can truly be…
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Droids in distress
"The heroes of Star Wars Rebels are back with more action-packed adventures! Follow them on their journey to save Wookiees as they narrowly escape a terrible Imperial trap. They also meet beloved droids R2-D2 and C-3PO-who are on a mysterious mission to help the Empire! Chopper proves that even a clunky old droid can play a big role in saving the galaxy. But one mission leads to the next for our…
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Legend
A New York Times bestseller!
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted…
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Black Water (Pendragon #5)
Just when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler -- to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane -- he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby can stop it is to bring the antidote from another territory. Since moving items between territories…
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Forever begins tomorrow
From Bruce Coville, the master of tween comic suspense, comes a tale of monsters, the bond between brothers, and saving the world.Jake's baby brother, LD, may be a monster (complete with fangs and fur!), but together with his best friend, Lily, Jake isn't going to let anything happen to that baby. Even if it turns out LD may be the key to saving the world—or destroying it. Soon Jake and Lily are…
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The dead
The Dead is the second book in Charlie Higson's jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens.
Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe.
Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to…
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Pericolo spazzatura spaziale
"MouseStar 1 is surrounded by floating space junk! It's yucky--and dangerous. Geronimo Stiltonix tracks down the source of the junk and meets very wasteful aliens. Even worse, robots that the aliens threw away have started to rebel! Can the spacemice restore harmony before the robots take over?"--Page 4 of cover.
Shares: Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Shade's children
The Key to Survival
Rests in the Hands of
Shade's Children
In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machinelike creature whose sole purpose is to kill.
The mysterious Shade — once a man, but now more like the…
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Star Wars - Legacy of the Force - Inferno
Luke Skywalker wanted to unify the Jedi order and bring peace to the universe. Instead his wife Mara lies dead at the hands of an unknown assassin, his wayward nephew Jacen has seized control of the Galactic Alliance, and the galaxy has exploded in all-out civil war.With Luke consumed by grief, Jacen Solo works quickly to consolidate his power and jumpstart his plan to take over the Jedi.…
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Dreadnought
"One of their own has gone rogue and is threatening global armageddon, with himself at the head of a sinister new world order. Meanwhile, Otto, Wing and other students from H.I.V.E. are en route to a training excersise in the Artic known as the ninety-three-percenter, owing to the proportion of students who make it back alive. But before they arrive, events take over, and Otto, Wing and his most…
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