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NY: DK Publishing, 1998. 1st American Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. Paul Wright color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1998 DK Eyewitness hardcover (pictorial boards) and dust jacket (Problem: tiny repaired tear top DJ edge at spine), first American edition, 4th printing. Wonderful color illustrations (and some color photos) by Paul Wright. CONTENT: Everyone knows the story of this title - so I won't bore you with my rendition. Great adventure tale that all kids should read once in their life - especially if they love science.

Orbit Books, 2017. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect (black dot remainder mark bottom edges at spine), 2017 Orbit Books hardcover (gold boards) and dust jacket, first American edition, first printing. CONTENT: Teens still clamor for pandemic apocalyptic fiction-nearly as much as zombies crave flesh! Ten years ago, a parasitic fungus started hijacking the brains and bodies of humans with frightening speed, decimating England's population and turning those afflicted into zombielike "hungries." Now, leaders at a fortified settlement called Beacon are desperate to halt the growth of the cataclysmic Cordyceps. They send a second mobile armored vehicle to take six soldiers, five scientists, and a teenager on a Hail Mary mission to collect samples left behind from a first group that never returned and to learn what they can to save the human race. Carey effectively brings to life many of the dozen characters. Young adults will especially… Read More

Wednesday Books, 2019. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Jacket art by Larry Rostart; full-page B&W illustrations throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2019 Wednesday Books hardcover (navy boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first US edition, 1st printing. The DJ finished with a blue "foil" with raised gold foil lettering - that's why the protective mylar cover I'll put on it. Decorated end pages. PROBLEM: tiny remainder dot bottom edges at spine. B&W illustrations throughout. CONTENT: Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night vision comes in handy during games, but who wouldn't want that extra edge? From the moment Foster and Tate… Read More

Wednesday Books, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Antonio Bifulco tri-color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Wednesday Books trade paperback, graphic novel, first edition, 1st printing. Tri-color illustrations by Antonio Bifulco. Cover art by Echo Chernik. CONTENT: Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night vision comes in handy during games, but who wouldn't want that extra edge? From the moment Foster and Tate collide, their worlds spiral and a deadly tornado forces them to work together, fully awakening their not-so-natural ability - the power to control air. As they each deal with the tragic loss of loved ones, they're caught by another… Read More

Wednesday Books, 2019. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Jacket art by Larry Rostart; full-page B&W illustrations throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2019 Wednesday Books hardcover (navy boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first US edition, 1st printing. The DJ finished with a blue "foil" with raised gold foil lettering - that's why the protective mylar cover I'll put on it. Decorated end pages. PROBLEM: edge wear DJ bottom edge and a tiny remainder dot bottom edges at spine. B&W illustrations throughout. CONTENT: Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live a "normal" life, (not that she'd want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren't things most eighteen year olds can do. Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night… Read More

Henry Holt, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Kathleen Breitenfeld jacket art; B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Henry Holt hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Jacket art by Kathleen Breitenfeld. B&W maps. CONTENT: Orion is a Subpar, expected to mine the tunnels of Outpost Five, near the deadly flash curtain. For generations, her people have chased cirium-the only element that can shield humanity from the curtain's radioactive particles. She and her caving partner Dram work the most treacherous tunnel, fighting past flash bats and tunnel gulls, in hopes of mining enough cirium to earn their way into the protected city. But when newcomers arrive at Outpost Five, Orion uncovers disturbing revelations that make her question everything she thought she knew about life on both sides of the cirium shield. As conditions at the outpost grow increasingly dangerous, it's up to Orion to forge a way past the flashfall, beyond all boundaries, beyond the world as she… Read More

Titan Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No Illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Titan Books Trade Paperback, first edition, first printing. Appropriately scary cover by Amazing 15. CONTENT: Of course, Drearcliff Grange School was haunted. Amy Thomsett - the girl who flies on moth wings - is confident she can solve any mystery, sleuth out any secret and defy any dark force. With her friends in the Moth Club she travels to London to take part in the Great Game, a contest of skill against other institutes of learning. In a nightmare, and in the cellars of a house in Piccadilly, Amy glimpses a spectre who might have dogged her all her life, the Broken Doll. Wherever the limping ghost is seen, terror strikes. And the lopsided, cracked-face, glass-eyed creature might well be the most serious threat the Moth Club have ever faced.

Razorbill/Penguin, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Razorbill/Penguin hardcover (piictorial boards), NO DJ issued, I'm told, first edition, first printing. Chapter Decorations. CONTENT: Talk about strange. . .!!! Spuc McKinley and his best friends Kayla and Felipe are enjoying the last days of summer before 6th grade starts. But in the middle of a backyard campout on Spud's family farm, a CRASH BOOM FLASH startles them awake. Something has landed inthe potato fields. Something slimy. Something green. Something ALIEN. An oozing meteorite has ruined the McKinley's potato crop, seriously jeopardizing their food truck, Lord of the Fries. Spud and his friends must save the taters and h ide the extraterrestrial that crash-landed with the cosmic slime. . . a strange creature who may end up needing earthling allies and potatoes. . . sliced, diced, deep-fried potatoes. . . for its own galactic battle.

TOR, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Larry Rostant jacket art. CONDITION: NEW 2018 TOR trade paperback, first edition, first printing. Larry Rostant jacket art. CONTENT: Richard Baker continues the adventures of Sikander North in Restless Lightning, the second book in his new military science fiction series Breaker of Empires and sequel to Valiant Dust. Lieutenant Sikander North has avoided an outright court martial and finds himself assigned to a remote outpost in the crumbling, alien Tzoru Empire?where the navy sends trouble-makers to be forgotten. When Sikander finds himself in the middle of an alien uprising, he, once again, must do the impossible: smuggle an alien ambassador off-world, break a siege, and fight the irrational prejudice of his superior officers. The odds are against his success, and his choices could mean disgrace?or redemption.

HarperVoyager, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Gene Mollica cover art; B&W map of Hawaii. CONDITION: NEW 2018 HarperVoyager trade paperback, first edition, first printing. Cover art by Gene Mollica; B&W map of Hawaii. CONTENT: In this stunning conclusion to the acclaimed Blood of Earth trilogy-a thrilling alternate history laced with earth magic, fantastic creatures, and steampunk elements-geomancer Ingrid must find a way to use her extraordinary abilities to save her world from the woman hell-bent on destroying it. Thanks to her geomantic magic, Ingrid has successfully eluded Ambassador Blum, the power-hungry kitsune who seeks to achieve world domination for the Unified Pacific. But using her abilities has taken its toll: Ingrid's body has been left severely weakened, and she must remain on the run with her friends Cy and Fenris. Hoping to learn more about her magical roots and the strength her bloodline carries, Ingrid makes her way across the… Read More

Hyperion, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Hyperion hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: From rising-star author Tara Sim comes an epic new YA fantasy duology-a gender-swapped The Count of Monte Cristo retelling that's perfect for fans of All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace. When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she's been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide. Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. But the more entangled she becomes in this game of deception-and as her path intertwines with the son of… Read More

Henry Holt, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Jeremy Holmes B&W maps and illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Henry Holt hardcover (brown boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Wonderful B&W map and illustrations throughout by Jeremy Holmes. CONTENT: "I was dangling from a rope, fifty feet up the side of a great pillar of red Martian rock, when I finally realized I had chosen the wrong summer vacation." And thus begins the adventure. Twelve-year-old Edward Sullivan wishes his life on 19th-century British Mars were more like the adventures he reads about in his Thrilling Martian Tales magazine. Sadly, it's school break and instead of being off with his friend Matthew Harrison, he's staying home trying to keep his family on track. His father is a brilliant yet absent-minded mechanician, and his mother's main concern is gaining back the family status she lost when her own father lost the family fortune. When dim-witted cousin Freddie literally comes crashing down, Edward… Read More

Sourcebooks/FIREreads, 2016. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. CONDITION: NEW 2016 Sourcebooks Fire trade paperback, first PB edition, 1st printing. CONTENT: This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're DNA duplicates, and these "similars" are joining the class alongside their originals. The Similars are all anyone can talk about. Who are they? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? And who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emmaline Chance could care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and it's all she can do to get through each day without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi, Oliver's exact DNA copy and one of the Similars. Emma wants nothing to do with the Similars, but she keeps getting pulled deeper into their world. She can't escape the dark truths… Read More

Del Rey/Ballantine, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/As New. No illustrations. CONDITION: What makes this book "as new?" Tiny edge wear to DJ edges. Interior perfect. UNREAD 1999 Del Rey/Ballantine hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Lucas Books. This is the Obi Wan Kenobi front cover/ Qui-Gon Jinn back cover photo dust jacket. CONTENT: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead is stirring. Even the Jedi are caught by surprise, their attentions focused on the political unrest between the Trade Federation and the Republic. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy. On the desert world of Tatooine, far from the concerns of the Republic, a slave boy works by day and dreams by night--of being a Jedi Knight and one day traveling the stars to worlds he's only heard of in… Read More

Roaring Brook Press, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. CONDITION: NEW 2014 Roaring Brook hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. CONTENT: On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose, a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother Blue, beats Tula within an inch of her life. An alien, Heckleck, saves her and teaches her the ways of life on the space station. When three humans crash land onto the station, Tula's desire for escape becomes irresistible, and her desire for companionship becomes unavoidable. But just as Tula begins to concoct a plan to get off the space station and kill Brother Blue, everything goes awry, and suddenly romance is the farthest thing from her mind.

Kensington, 2011. 1st Paperback Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Kensington trade paperback, first PB edition, 2nd printing. Embossed title front cover. CONTENT: The sub-title of this book seems to be "Lesson 2: The People We Love Most May Be The Ones We Know Least. . ." Archangel Academy is more than a school to Michael Howard. Within its majestic buildings and serene English grounds, he's found friends, new love, and a place that feels more like home than Nebraska ever did. But the most important gift of Archangel Academy is immortality. . . Life as a just-made vampire is challenging for Michael, even with Ronan, an experienced vamp, to guide him. Michael's abilities are still raw and unpredictable. To add to the turmoil, the ancient feud between rival vampire species is sending ripples of discord through the school. And beneath the new headmaster's charismatic front lies a powerful and very personal agenda. Yet the mysteries… Read More

Sourcebooks/FIREreads, 2018. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Sourcebooks trade paperback, first American edition, first printing. No illustrations. Originally published in the UK under the title "Who Runs The World?" Winner of the James Tiptree, Jr Award. CONTENT: From the author of the H2O book series, a new entry in the dystopian fiction genre?She's been taught to fear him. He's been taught to fear her. What if they're both wrong? In River's world, XYs are a relic of the past, along with things like war and violence. Thanks to the Global Agreements, River's life is simple, safe, and peaceful...until she comes across a body in the road one day. A body that is definitely male, definitely still alive. River isn't prepared for this. There's nothing in the Agreements about how to deal with an XY. Yet one lies before her, sick, suffering, and at her mercy. River can kill him, or she… Read More

Skyhorse Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Bethany Straker. CONDITION: UNREAD 2012 Skyhorse Publishing small hardcover & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. The color illustrations by Bethany Straker are wickedly funny. CONTENT: Tiddles is a suave, carefree kitty cat whose only pleasures in life are eating mice, wooing the ladies, and being generally apathetic toward his owner, Jake. But when a toxic spill occurs outside of town, Tiddles finds himself savagely attacked by a nasty-looking radioactive field mouse, and he wakes up as one of the undead. However, he still retains a bit of compassion and refrains-for now-from zombie Bacchanalian delights, such as eating living beings' brains! Umm . . . any brains at all! However, Tiddles, a.k.a. Zombie Cat, is decomposing rapidly and would prefer to live a normal life in the zombie apocalypse with his owner, Jake. But will Jake take in his former cuddly pet or will ZC be doomed to roam the streets trying… Read More