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<p>May the &#8220;Fourth&#8221; be with you! Explore in a galaxy far, far away with these science fiction reads available at the Abington Community Library.</p><p>If you love Star Wars you will find no shortage of reading material at the library. Check out &#8220;Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Stories,&#8221; the Jedi Academy books and graphic novels like &#8220;Goodnight Darth Vader&#8221; by Jeffrey Brown, and series like &#8220;Star Wars Rebels.&#8221; Experience a retelling of the original trilogy through Alexandra Bracken&#8217;s novels beginning with &#8220;The Princess,&#8221; the &#8220;Scoundrel,&#8221; and the &#8220;Farm Boy.&#8221;</p><p>Travel the universe with graphic novels featuring gutsy female heroines. Try &#8220;Cleopatra in Space&#8221; by Mike Maihack and enjoy this rewrite of history as Cleopatra finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the future. In &#8220;Zita the Spacegirl&#8221; by Ben Hatke, an Earth girl named Zita must find a way home even when faced with monsters and magicians.</p><p>Revisit a classic in &#8220;The Time Machine&#8221; by H.G. Wells. Find it at the library as part of the Great Illustrated Classics series, which adapts classic tales for younger readers.</p><p>Every night before going to sleep, 11-year-old Thomas Derwent says to his father, &#8220;Nallytan, Vateelin mesht.&#8221; It&#8217;s the one thing he remembers from the language of the Other Place, and he&#8217;s never thought much about it until now. Follow Thomas&#8217;s adventure in &#8220;Space Race&#8221; by Sylvia Waugh.</p><p>Can four kids really save the world? Earth is about to go dark, and a new power source is needed. Sign on, join the crew, and read the &#8220;Voyagers&#8221; series by D.J. MacHale.</p><p>Graphic novel &#8220;Space Dumplins&#8221; by Craig Thompson weaves themes of family, friendship, and loyalty into a grand space adventure filled with quirky aliens and awesome spaceships.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">&#8216;Space Race&#8217; by Sylvia Waugh is one of many sci-fi stories children may find on the shelves of the Abington Community Library. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_ABJ-My-Bookmark-May16.jpg</photo0><caption0>&#8216;Space Race&#8217; by Sylvia Waugh is one of many sci-fi stories children may find on the shelves of the Abington Community Library. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>My Bookmark</p><p>Laura Gardoski</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Laura Gardoski is head of youth services at the Abington Community Library. Reach the Abington Journal newsroom at 570-587-1148 or news@theabingtonjournal.com.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

My Bookmark: A galaxy of books at the Abington Community Library