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- Earthlight By Stuart Moore, illustrated by Christopher Schons. YA GRAPH MANGA EARTHLIG
- The Earthlight Lunar Colony is the first international moon colony, and so has its share of tensions, which only escalate for fifteen-year-old Damon, who becomes a student at the newly established Earthlight Academy -- a school run by his mother.
- Enchantress from the Stars By Sylvia Louise Engdahl (on order; reserve through CWMars)
- When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.
- Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space Edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois YPBK E
- A collection of seven science fiction stories explores the possibilities that the future holds and includes contributions by Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, and Joe Haldeman.
- Firestar By Michael F. Flynn SCIFIC FLYNN MICHAEL Firestar
- In a twenty-first-century America threatened by apathy, ignorance, and vast class and economic differences, Mariesa van Huyten, a great heiress, sets out to make a difference by creating a new educational system and a clandestine private space program. Sequels are Rogue Star, Lodestar, and Falling Stars.
- Have Space Suit--Will Travel By Robert A. Heinlein PBK SCIFIC H (East Forest Park) YACDBOOK HEINLEIN ROBERT Have (Full Cast Audio edition - Sixteen Acres)
- A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.
- Jyu-oh-sei By Natsumi Itsuki YA GRAPH JYUOHSEI
- Twins Thor and Rai are kidnapped after their parents are murdered and taken to the mysterious planet of the beast king, where they must fight against ruthless bandits for survival.
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress By Robert A. Heinlein SCIFIC HEINLEIN ROBERT A Moon is ; YPBK H
- A one-armed computer technician, a radical blonde bombshell, an aging academic, and a sentient all-knowing computer lead the lunar population in a revolution against Earth's colonial rule.
- One Small Step By P.B. Kerr. NEW YAFICT KERR P.B. One
- In 1969 Houston, Texas, thirteen-year-old Scott learns to fly from his father, an Air Force flight instructor, but when NASA needs him for a secret space mission, Scott's elation is tempered by concern that his mother, who has moved to Florida, will find out.
- Outward Bound: a Jupiter Novel By James P. Hogan SCIFIC HOGAN, JAMES P. Outward; PBK SCIFIC H (Indian Orchard)
- Linc Marani, a fifteen-year-old from twenty-second-century Los Angeles, feels that his life is hopeless after being sentenced to a juvenile labor camp, until a psychologist offers him a mission to the stars and a chance to change.
- Permanence By Karl Schroeder SCIFIC SCHROEDE KARL Permanen
- A gripping saga follows young Rue Cassels of the Cycler Compact, a civilization centered around remote brown dwarf stars. She escapes from her brutal brother in a single-person aircraft and stumbles upon an ancient alien starship, which she claims for herself, while interstellar war erupts all around her.
- The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 By PJ Haarsma YAFICT HAARSMA P J Softwire; JF HAARSMA P J Softwire (East Forest Park); YPBK H
- When twelve-year-old Johnny and his sister arrive on Orbits in a space ship of orphans, he finds he has a unique ability to communicate with computers. Sequels are Betrayal on Orbis 2 and Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3.
- This Place Has No Atmosphere By Paula Danziger J PBK D
- Aurora loves her life on Earth in the twenty-first century, until she learns that her family is moving to the colony on the Moon.
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