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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
2) Nemesis
Author
Series
Project Nemesis volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When an asteroid has an 84.7% chance of colliding with the Earth in four days, eleven-year-old Kemi, who loves scientific facts and probability, assembles a time capsule to capture her family's truth as she tries to come to terms with saying goodbye.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gather your herd and get ready to laugh out loud watching the greatest 'chillogy' of all time! Now you can enjoy all 5 hilarious Ice age films in one supercool DVD collection. Meet Manny, Sid, Diego and Scrat in the original global hit comedy that started it all. Then follow the action-packed adventures of your favourite sub-zero heroes as they work together to thrive and survive in their prehistoric world, encountering wondrous surprises and colorful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
From one of the bestselling science fiction authors of all time comes this heart-stopping far future novel of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. A century into the future, technology has solved most of the problems that have plagued our time. However, a new problem is on the horizon-one greater than humanity has ever faced. A massive asteroid is racing toward the earth, and its impact could destroy all life on the planet. Immediately after...
6) Asteroids
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Introductory text and full-color images explore the physical characteristics of asteroids in space. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
7) Final strike
Author
Series
Sean Falcone novels volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In his political, apocalyptic thriller, Final Strike, former Secretary of Defense and US Senator William Cohen dramatizes one of the most terrifying global security nightmares: an asteroid hurtling towards Earth
Sixty-million years ago, the K-T Asteroid obliterated the dinosaurs, and now its apocalyptic twin is rocketing toward the US on a similar mission of extermination. Russian President Boris Lebed, the charismatic successor to Vladimir Putin,...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Astro, an asteroid that wants nothing more than for his personal outer space to be respected, is hit by a passing satellite and sent on what turns out to be a great adventure from the asteroid belt to Earth. Includes "space facts."
10) Asteroids
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the location and content of the asteroid belt, the formation and composition of asteroids, and the history of collisions between asteroids and the earth.
Author
Series
Remnants (Katherine Applegate) volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
From the best-selling author of "Animorphs" and "Everworld" comes a dark and powerful new series that begins in 2011 when the Earth is about to be destroyed. In a desperate attempt to survive, a handful of people aboard a revamped space shuttle are placed into suspended animation. Light years from home and all alone some 500 years later, they awake to find that the very future of the human race is in their hands.
13) Tumble & fall
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
With an asteroid set to strike Earth in just one week, three teens on an island off the Atlantic Coast wrestle with love, friendship, family, and regret as they decide how to live their final days.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
15) Asteroids
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the bodies in space also known as planetoids, minor planets, or when they stray from their paths, meteoroids.
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to Jupiter and asteroids for primary and intermediate grade students, with information about their features and exploration. Includes a list of highlights for each chapter, fun facts, glossary, resource list, and index"--
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