Jessica Khoury
2) Origin
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
"Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life. Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark...
3) Vitro
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Language
English
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Description
"Magnificent and unsettling." —Marie Lu, New York Times Bestselling author of the Legend Trilogy
A death-defying tropical adventure delivers a frightening message about dabbling with creation, perfect for fans of Orphan Black.
On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans...
A death-defying tropical adventure delivers a frightening message about dabbling with creation, perfect for fans of Orphan Black.
On a remote island in the Pacific, Corpus scientists have taken test tube embryos and given them life. These beings—the Vitros—have knowledge and abilities most humans...
Author
Series
Skyborn volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, though not all the clans are treated equally. Ellie Meadows longed to become a Goldwing--the knights who protect the people--but because she came from the humble Sparrow Clan, her dream faced almost insurmountable resistance. Nox Hatcher has it even worse. Nox is a Crow, a shattered clan. They can't own businesses or run organizations, all due to a mysterious betrayal made hundreds of years ago. Nox has...
5) Kalahari
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret. But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From Jessica Khoury comes a high-action sci-fi adventure about a video game AI come to life. Warcross meets Ready Player One in this thriller set in a high-tech near future.
Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who thanks him with a copy of an old fantasy game called The Glass Realm.
While
...Author
Series
Mystwick School novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the opportunity to attend a boarding school and learn how to use music to create magic, hoping to become a Maestro like her deceased mother.
Author
Series
Skyborn volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
269 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, with tight-knit communities formed around bird types: Jay, Falcon, Crow. Ellie Meadows dreams of growing up to join the Goldwings--the famed knights who defend all the people of the Clandoms. It was a Goldwing, after all, who saved her life on that terrible day her parents were killed. There's just one problem: Ellie is a Sparrow, and the Goldwings are almost invariably picked from the higher clans like...
Author
Series
Rise of the dragons volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sirin, Allie, and Joss have joined forces with the legendary silver dragon Lysander, the only creature capable of opening portals between the two worlds. But the powerful Lennix clan is following the children's every move and will stop at nothing to capture Lysander. After generations of plotting, the Lennixes -- and their bloodthirsty dragon allies, the Raptors -- are terrifyingly close to establishing a brutal dragon regime on Earth, just like...
Author
Series
Mystwick School novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Things are finally looking up for Amelia Jones: she's officially a Mystwick student, and she even has a teacher to help her learn how to use her rare Composing magic. When Mystwick enters an international magic competition, it's Amelia's chance to Compose something that will help them win the day. The only problem is that she still doesn't understand how her powers work. But then she hears about a super exclusive Midnight Orchestra--half performance,...
11) Phoenix flight
Author
Series
Skyborn volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
285 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An aspiring knight turned wanted fugitive, Ellie Meadows discovers why gargols punish those who soar too high and must convince Nox Hatcher that he is the key to the skies--and the one who can return the Clandoms back where they belong"--