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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 29
Description
The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...
2) The Host
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Earth has been taken over by aliens in crisp white outfits and each one taking over a human 'host' so that the alien race can save the planet. Fewer humans are alive, and young Melanie has been on the run with her kid brother, Jamie, and her Louisiana honey, Jared. The Host opens with Melanie's capture, and continues on her odyssey as the alien who attempts to overtake her, Wanderer, battles inside Melanie for control of her body and mind.
"Neither...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Humanity's impact on the natural world can have disastrous effects. Invasive Species shines a light on the global problem of invasive species. With abundant charts and diagrams and large-format photos, this title explores the science behind how species become invasive and the damages they cause ecosystems around the world, and considers actions people and governments can take to try to improve the situation. Features include a flow chart showing the...
7) Invasion
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Description
Medical experts seek the cause of a sudden outbreak of strange new symptoms that defy diagnosis.
10) Invasive Species
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
There can only be one dominant life form on Earth. In the remote African wilderness, a rainforest is dying. But something else has come to life: A newly evolved predator that has survived the depredations of mankind, only to emerge from its natural habitat faster, stronger, and deadlier than anything humanity has ever faced. And it is no longer man.
15) The host
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over humans' bodies and erasing their minds, a young woman risks everything to protect the people she cares about most.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 26
Description
"Now as never before, exotic animals and plants are crossing the globe, borne on the swelling tide of human traffic to places where nature never intended them to be. Bird-eating snakes hitchhike to Hawaii in the landing gear of airliners; pernicious European zebra mussels, riding in ships' ballast water, disrupt aquatic ecosystems across the United States; feral camels plague Australia, as do poisonous foreign toads; giant Indonesian pythons lurk...