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21) In alien hands
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPrism
Language
English
Description
The deadliest armada in the universe is ready to destroy Jim's home planet; will he find a way to stop them?
23) Next
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
From Michael Crichton, the #1 bestselling author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics: Next. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is...
24) Altar of Eden
Author
Language
English
Description
Pregnant veterinarian Maura Kelly, along with U.S. Marshall Jack Menard, risks everything, including the life of her unborn child, to unravel the mystery of a smuggler's cache of mutated animals, a puzzle that involves fractal intelligence, stem-cell research, and a secret history of the Book of Genesis.
30) MaddAddam
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testamants—this final volume of the internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy "has brought the previous two books together in a fitting and joyous conclusion that’s an epic not only of an imagined future but of our own past" (The New York Times Book Review).
The Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of the population. Toby...
The Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of the population. Toby...
31) Mutation
Author
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
When a brilliant doctor tries to create the perfect son through genetics the results are horrifying.
Author
Series
Dune volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
A tale following the events of "Chapterhouse: Dune" finds a ship of escaped refugees using genetic technology to revive talented figures from the world's past in order to safeguard their survival, including Paul Maud'Dib and Lady Jessica.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Genetic engineering isn't some far-off fantasy. It's arriving faster than most of us understand or are prepared for. When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we? At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code,...
35) Oryx and Crake
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
A novel of the future explores a world that has been devastated by ecological and scientific disasters.
36) Nighteyes
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Steven and Sarah Gilmour search for their missing sixteen-year-old daughter and uncover horrifying evidence of UFO abductions and traumatic genetic experiments.
37) Xenogenesis
Author
Publisher
Guild America Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of Earth's final war, Lilith awakens to see a shadowy figure -- Jdahya, one of the Oankali, a race that has decided to save the human race from itself. Lilith learns that the Oankali are gene traders who interbreed with failing species so that both races can survive. Jdahya proposes that Lilith mate with a third sex in their culture, creating human-alien hybrids who do not have humanity's weaknesses. As her new world beckons, Lilith...
40) Darwin's radio
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
A virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service has discovered that a long-dormant virus encoded in human DNA is about to reawaken, with terrifying consequences for any woman about to have a child.
