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Story Identification: Novel in which aliens drain sun's energy
I read this book in my school's library and that was a long time ago (long enough ago that I don't remember). I will give my best to reproduce the important parts of it. Few scientists, while working ...
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Fantasy novel about a boy with a streak of white in his hair, as the book progresses his hair gets more white
I need to know the title of a novel I read a few years ago (90s).
It's about an orphan boy that has a little white in his hair, meaning that he has magic powers, and as the book progresses his hair ...
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Book about a kingdom invaded by another world
This is a series my father read when he was younger (he was born in the 60s) and had me read as a kid, the book cover had the look and feel of classic fantasy novels such as the Wheel of Time series.
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Post Apocalyptic Series With Alien Species
I read this series when I was younger but cannot remember the name to save my life. I remember a species of Aliens saves humanity from the ashes of an apocalyptic nuclear fallout and in the resulting ...
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1970s (?) book where teacher flies in a balloon and crash-lands on mysterious island [duplicate]
Plot: The teacher finds an island with very sophisticated civilization. There is a volcano on the island which causes quakes every so often. I also do recall something about families being lettered by ...
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A series of books involving reptilian-alien protagonists
I'm trying to track down these books I read when I was younger. I've done some fruitless searching online and am stumped. It's been a good 10 years since I read any of them. Cover is very 70s/80s (...
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Book about a girl who drains your life upon touching you, is hunted by a group which wants to weaponize her
There was a book I read but I can't remember the name of it; I think it was "Shattered" something.
It was about a girl who drained your life upon touching you. It was set in the future and there was ...
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Short Story about Teenagers with Computer Chips Implanted in Their Brains
Maybe I’ve just totally imagined this, but I swear I once read a book or a short story about this group of teenagers who had computer chips implanted in their brains. I keep thinking about it and ...
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Book I read in the middle 80s about a werewolf killed by sharks
I think the main female character was Maeve. It talked about wolfsbane. Hunting in the woods at night. Something about being on a boat. Sharks killing the werewolf at the end of the book.
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Book about a boy and future earth?
I can't remember the title and it's killing me. It's about a boy, teenage I think and he gets slung forward in time. Old medicine woman or something, name begins with an M. Apparently the earth had ...
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Name of a YA book series about Dragons and wyverns
I only have so much to work from my memory but here it goes:
The story was about a normal child that was pulled into a fictional world where Wyverns stalked the land. The protagonist (a youngish boy ...
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Novel about a tattoo that comes to life and jumps off the person's body
It was a sci-fi book with a red and orange cover on the hardcover edition. I'm pretty sure the author was male but wasn't by Bradbury or Asimov or anyone like that. I think it was published in the ...
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Novel series regarding a spy being cloned for different environments
Novel series of 4 books about a spy being cloned - 1 to breathe in water, 2 others were other types (sulphur or?) for 4 planet system about to break out into war. I read the series in the early 1980's ...
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2010s(?) book with identical twins who have musical powers
Summary: There are two identical twins who are amazing with music. They are part of a circus and when playing, odd things happen to their audience which starts attracting the wrong attention and they ...
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Book about those left behind in an over-populated earth that was considered dying and was abandoned
The story starts with a man living in modern civilization as we are about to embark and leave the dying world and there are more people on the planet than seats on the fleet leaving for the new home ...
