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Space Opera for Teens
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- Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she…
- When Jyn Erso was five years old, her mother was murdered and her father taken from her to serve the Empire. She was taken in by Saw Gerrera, a man willing to go to any extremes necessary in order to resist Imperial tyranny. Jyn dedicates herself to…
- Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.
- Here, have a space opera that’s also a King Arthur retelling. Ari and her ragtag band of queer teen fugitives and medieval times reenactors face down the evil Mercer Corporation, a very pissed off Morgana, and space dragons, all while falling in…
- Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an…
- Tina Mains is no ordinary human teenager. She’s the secret clone of a famous alien war hero, left on Earth to await activation. When that day comes, she finds herself way less prepared than she thought she’d be. Tina and her human friend Rachael…
- This duology takes inspiration from the Amazigh people of North Africa, from cultural traditions to their experiences with colonization, oppression, and resistance. Amani is ripped from her village and dropped into the palace of the conqueror King…
- Young adult fiction loves a good life-or-death competition, and this duology is no exception. Alyssa’s uncle may be the emperor of the galaxy, but she would rather spend her time exploring space and getting into trouble. But when her uncle dies, she…
- Star pilot Ia Cōcha has been wreaking havoc throughout the Commonwealth, pushing back against the imperial machine. But when she’s finally forced to surrender, her punishment is to enroll in the Royal Star Force Academy. There she meets Brinn, a…
- Ashley Poston reimagines the life of Princess Anastasia but with space pirates and androids. Ana’s family was murdered in a robot rebellion, but she was rescued by pirates who raised her up. When D09, a metal boy she cares about, goes on the fritz,…
- The only surviving heir to an ancient Kalusian dynasty, Rhee has spent her life training to destroy the people who killed her family. Now, on the eve of her coronation, the time has finally come for Rhee to claim her throne - and her revenge.
- Even in the future, the story begins with Once Upon a Time. . . . Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one…
- Nax, a wannabe maverick pilot, washes out of the Ellis Station Academy, but before he can be shipped home, the space station is attacked by terrorists. He and several other outcast cadets—including medically inclined Zee, tech geek Asra, Case the…
- This novel is full to the brim with melodrama, relationships, and fighting against corrupt Powers That Be. Pendt Harland grows up as the unwanted child on a long haul space freighter that only has interest in those who can be productive and useful.…
- The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in…
- Noemi and Abel are enemies in an interstellar war, forced by chance to work together as they embark on a daring journey through the stars. Their efforts would end the fighting for good, but they're not without sacrifice. The stakes are even higher…
- Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that’s made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead of moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn’t much better than a prison cell. Still,…
- The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be made, if you know where…
- THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD MIN comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her. To keep the family safe, Min’s mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must appear human at all…
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