Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Crisis on Conshelf Ten Crisis on Conshelf Ten Monica Hughes While visiting Conshelf Ten, an underwater colony on Earth, a young Moon boy becomes involved with dissident Gillmen whose plans threaten the whole world. OL15842267W
The crystal drop The crystal drop Monica Hughes In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother Ian on a dangerous journey across a Canada ravaged by drought and the collapse of civilization. OL17739513W
Diggers Diggers Monica Hughes 16 p. : 22 cm OL21230645W
Invitation to the game Invitation to the game Monica Hughes Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them to pla… OL22058277W
Prehistoric swimming giants Prehistoric swimming giants Monica Hughes These non-fiction readers introduce useful features to help your child get the most from their reading, such as a contents page, labels, questions and a glossary. - Back cover. OL22061519W
Le phare d'Isis Le phare d'Isis Monica Hughes Jusqu'à l'arrivée du vaisseau spatial transportant des colons de la Terre surpeuplée, Nolwenn, seize ans, vivait seule sur la planète Isis avec son fidèle robot, nommé Tuteur. Toute heureuse de renco… OL24179422W
Prehistoric flying giants Prehistoric flying giants Monica Hughes These non-fiction readers introduce useful features to help your child get the most from their reading, such as a contents page, labels, questions and a glossary. - Back cover. OL24293185W
La goutte de cristal La goutte de cristal Monica Hughes A la mort de leur mère, Megan et son jeune frère Ian entreprennent un dangereux voyage à travers le Canada, dans la pleine canicule de l'été 2011, en direction des Rocheuses où habite l'oncle Greg. E… OL24646486W
Toys Toys Monica Hughes By looking at toys their grandparents may have had, children are introduced to toys in the past which are also compared with those of today. OL24721647W
Kick it! Kick it! Monica Hughes Describes different sports in simple text. OL27062438W
Trucks at work Trucks at work Monica Hughes From trucks that deliver cars to tankers that deliver milk. From trucks that collect rubbish to giant road trains that drive for thousands of miles across the desert. Find out about all the different… OL28763285W
Really big dinosaurs Really big dinosaurs Monica Hughes Young readers are always interested in the biggest, longest, and tallest, and they won't be disappointed with the offerings in this book! They'll meet dinosaurs such as Liopleurodon—possibly the bigg… OL574721W
Where have you been, Billy boy? Where have you been, Billy boy? Monica Hughes When the old man who has taken him in becomes sick, a young orphan boy decides to take a ride on the unusual carousel that the man runs and finds himself transported from 1908 to 1993. OL574768W
Beckoning lights Beckoning lights Monica Hughes Aliens arrive on Earth in a spaceship and enlist the help of a pair of telepathic twins in their search for an earthly substance to save their dying race. OL574825W
Devil on my back Devil on my back Monica Hughes When the slaves rebel against the rigid social order imposed on the colony by the all-controlling computer, Tomi, the son of the colony Overlord manages to escape beyond the computer's reach and disc… OL574833W
Ring-rise, ring-set Ring-rise, ring-set Monica Hughes With another Ice Age imminent, fifteen-year-old Liza, bored with the restrictions of life in the protected City, stows away on a scientific expedition and finds herself inadvertently abandoned on the… OL574838W
Space Trap Space Trap Monica Hughes When twelve-year-old Valerie and her brother and sister fall through a space trap and are transmitted to an alien planet, they seek ways to return to the thirty-second century. OL574839W
The guardian of Isis The guardian of Isis Monica Hughes In 2136 A.D. the settlers on the planet Isis, under the dominance of an absolute ruler, have lost all the technical knowledge of their forefathers and reverted to a primitive society dominated by myt… OL574842W
The keeper of the Isis light The keeper of the Isis light Monica Hughes Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a human… OL574846W