In a world shattered by radiation fallout, teenaged Orion and her climbing partner Dram, in exchange for freedom, mine terrifying tunnels for a precious element that keeps humans safe from radiation poisoning, but disturbing revelations force Orion to question everything she knows.
The mining city of Talos on the planet Hephaestus has been attacked by an invisible enemy, and Bug Team Alpha with DNA-enhanced buglike capabilities is sent by the Colonial Coalition to help protect the planet--but they find a more complicated situation then they anticipated for the mining is injuring the crystal entity that lives in the planet's rocks.
In a world shattered by radiation fallout, teenaged Orion and her climbing partner Dram, in exchange for freedom, mine terrifying tunnels for a precious element that keeps humans safe from radiation poisoning, but disturbing revelations force Orion to question everything she knows.
"When a nearby mountaintop removal mine is suspected of contaminating the water and sickening the residents of a small Kentucky town, sixteen-year-old Liberty Briscoe searches for answers"--Provided by publisher.
"Christopher, Elena, and the other survivors of the attack on their space colony know two things: their victory over the Landers will be short-lived and a new wave of attacks is imminent"--Provided by publisher.
Four years after leaving the lost island of Tamarind, Maya, Simon, and Penny Nelson return to stop the Red Coral Project, a sinister group mining the magical mineral ophalla there and, in the process, ruining the magnificent island.
Pete is not having much luck finding gems in his mine, but all that changes thanks to his stubborn mule, Jake. Focuses on one-syllable words with short and long vowel sounds.
"Twelve-year-old Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. When Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore, Christopher and a small group of survivors are forced into the maze of mining tunnels below the surface of Perses"--.
In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything---and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain.
