Books like Starflight by Melissa Landers

Rosemary Harper finds refuge and adventure aboard the aging ship Wayfarer, where a diverse crew of aliens and humans navigate friendship, mystery, and a pivotal interplanetary mission.

Darwin, a low‑rank Red on Mars, discovers a hidden ruling class and infiltrates the Gold’s Institute in a quest to dismantle a tyrannical society and secure freedom for his people.

In a future Earth crowded with humans and androids, cyborg mechanic Cinder, a second‑class citizen, must uncover her hidden past to protect a planet threatened by plague and an alien threat, all while navigating a forbidden romance with Prince Kai.

In a world under alien attack, rebellious pilot Spensa dreams of flight, determined to join Flight School despite her father's disgrace. A hidden cavern may hold the key to her destiny.

A china rabbit named Edward Tulane is lost and follows an extraordinary path—from the sea to a fisherman’s net, from a sick child’s bedside to the streets of Memphis—learning that even the most fragile heart can love, lose, and love again.

Seventeen‑year‑old Dodger, a sewer scavenger in Victorian London, rescues a girl and finds himself drawn into a world where history and fantasy collide with figures like Sweeney Todd, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli.

Eighteen‑year‑old Marguerite risks everything to expose a corrupt corporation that nearly killed her father, while attempting to rescue the boy she loves whose soul is trapped in multiple dimensions.

Lady Truthful embarks on a daring London adventure to retrieve her stolen Newington Emerald, disguising herself as a mustache‑wearing man to navigate the city’s strict social codes while confronting a crook, an ally, and an evil sorceress.

When young Jacky Faber is accused of treason in Boston, she must flee, secure a governess job, and take her friends into the circus—an adventurous race against time to clear her name and survive.

Cia and the United Commonwealth work to eliminate the rebel alliance fighting to destroy "The Testing."

A reissued collection combining Andre Norton's two earlier science‑fiction novels, presented together in one volume.

Superheroine Anthem Fleet confronts the enigmatic ‘Invisible’ gang that threatens the Southern district’s secrets, while balancing love, family loyalty, and a fight to protect children from violence.

Reagan, a 16‑year‑old elite spy in training, must choose between her family's covert legacy and a normal life with the boy she loves.

A rebellious teen disguises herself as a boy to flee an arranged marriage, stows aboard a smuggler’s airship, and embarks on a thrilling adventure through interstellar skies.

A lively adventure for young readers that explores friendship, maps, magic, pirates, and humor as they journey together through hidden seas, uncovering unexpected discoveries in a world of wonder.

A classroom adventure turns into a high‑sea quest when Flinn’s imagination carries him to a pirate‑run island filled with dinosaurs, mystery, and sword‑fights.

A compendium of topics that include: methods of interstellar propulsion, space-time difficulties in starflight, star-to-Earth communications, effects of starflight on people and machines, hibernation and suspended animation. From the Tower of Babel to the Starship Enterprise, some part of our collective mind has always been at work scheming of ways to storm the heavens and reach the stars. Now, as we approach a time when the future of our species may depend upon more than what our beautiful but meager portion of galactic real estate offers, we are, fortunately, closer than ever to fulfilling that age-old ambition. But beyond the known planets, our closest extrasolar neighbor is 270,000 times more distant than the Sun, and bridging the vast distances to the fertile worlds that may lay beyond our Solar System will require radically new technologies-technologies as different from current capabilities as was Apollo 11 from The Spirit of St. Louis. The technological revolution that began in 1957, when Sputnik I pierced the atmosphere and made its way into Earth orbit, is really only the prelude to the much grander story of interstellar travel. The Starflight Handbook is the first compendium on planet Earth of the many and varied approaches to starflight now on the drawing boards of some of our most talented scientists and engineers. In an easy, non-technical style, the authors offer in-depth discussions of everything from nuclear pulse propulsion engines to interstellar navigation systems, while detailed technical and mathematical information is reserved for sidebars and special appendices. Interwoven through the text are historical perspectives as well as related social and cultural considerations about the necessity and feasibility of starflight within the next quarter to half century. Generous coverage is given to interstellar propulsion schemes of all kinds; space-time problems in starflight; long-range, star to Earth communications; effects of the interstellar medium on people and machines; scientific payloads; interstellar arks and colonies; and techniques for spotting extrasolar planets. Throughout, the text is liberally sprinkled with elegant and enlightening illustrations depicting many of the ingenious and fantastic designs for starships and their hardware. The Starflight Handbook belongs on the shelf of anyone who has ever given thought to mankind's destiny in space. Specialists and laymen, astronomers, and science fiction buffs alike will appreciate its wealth of detailed information and its graphic presentations.

Holly Farb is kidnapped by alien pirates and must outwit bounty hunters, giant worms, and perky holograms to find the real princess and return home before her big test.

Jackson, reunited with his father Courtney, Holly, and original time travelers, must halt Thomas and Dr. Ludwig’s dangerous experiments at Eyewall Headquarters, sparking a conflict that forces him to confront a war he was destined to fight.