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Bean, the embattled right-hand man of Ender Wiggin, must move to another planet to raise a family with his wife, Petra, because enemies lay in wait everywhere on Earth.
Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make...
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My teacher is an alien volume 1
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Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face and realizes "Mr. Smith" is really an alien.
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Ender Wiggin's adopted world of Lusitania, with its three sentient species and his oldest friend Jane, a computer intelligence, are threatened by a fleet of ships sent by the Starways Congress, but with the help of two new beings created by Ender's mind, the planet may still be saved.
4) Xenocide
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Lusitania seems to be a planet on which three intelligent species--humans, the pequininos, and the Hive Queen--can finally live together, until a virus dangerous to humans but vital to the pequininos is found, and the Starways Congress orders Lusitania and its inhabitants to be destroyed.
6) A new class
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Jedi Academy volume 4
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Scholastic Inc
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[2016]
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English
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Excitedly embarking on his course of training at the Jedi Academy in spite of his older sister's jealousy, Victor Starspeeder struggles with Master Yoda's assignments, which include a requirement to join the drama club to channel his high energy.
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Jedi Academy volume 5
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Scholastic Inc
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[2017]
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English
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"Victor Starspeeder is back at Jedi Academy for year two, but it's not going the way he'd planned. He was thrilled about Drama Club and hoped to get the lead in this year's musical... But a new kid got the role! What gives?! Plus, he keeps oversleeping and getting to class late . . . Worst of all, his big sister Christina is getting ready to graduate from Jedi Academy, and there are rumors going around that she's a Sith! What's a Padawan to do? In...
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Ender Wiggin volume 2
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Tor
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Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.
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Shadow series (Orson Scott Card) volume 2
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Tor
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English
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A sequel to "Ender's Shadow," in which the child-warriors, heroes of the Formic War, have returned to their families on Earth only to become the pawns of nations who want to use them as weapons in their quest for sovereignty.
11) Shadow puppets
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Peter Wiggin, leader of the worldwide government in the aftermath of the victory over the alien Formics, makes a tactical error when he arranges for the rescue of his archenemy Achilles who is being held by the Chinese, only to learn Achilles is insane and determined to kill Bean, the genetic anomaly who served as second-in-command during the conflict.
12) Alien secrets
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On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact.
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Jedi Academy volume 8
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"When working on the planet Cholganna, Christina falls in love with a baby nexu - a cat-like creature who's fluffiness is impossible to resist. But when she sneaks the nexu - named "Fluffernut"--Back into the dorms, Christina slowly begins to realize why it's never a good idea to take wild animals for pets. Fluffernut begins growing and growing - she'll eventually grow to be 14 feet long and 3 feet tall! Plus, she's chewing up EVERYTHING in sight....