Books with author H. M. Hoover

Amy and Axel are children living in a decaying and decrepit City. Amy was born there but is different from the others in that she has learned how to read (illegal in the City). Axel is a troubled boy who eventually claims to Amy to have come from "Outside". Together, she and Axel embark on a trip to find a way to Outside and to Axel's home and family. They will learn much of their world and about themselves on a long journey through many trials and hardships.

In a future where mankind has wreaked havoc upon the Earth's slowly-recovering biome, two groups of humans have survived, unknown to each other. Tia and Rabbit live on the Base, under the rule of the Major, where life is hard, and they are ostracized for their differences from the others. They come to learn that the "dreams" that Tia has had since childhood about two people from Morrow named Ashira and Varas are not dreams at all. After they are compelled to leave the Base when Rabbit defends Tia by psychically killing one of the "Fathers," they journey cross-country to meet up with the Morrowans and be taken to LIFESPAN, the protected retreat of the descendants of a society preserved by SImon Morrow hundreds of years before.

It all started the day Tabitha (Toby) West learned she would have to leave her school on Earth and go to Mars. While off school grounds, feeling sorry for herself, she met a grumpy robot (ORVIS) already three days late to his arrival at his final resting spot, The Dump. Toby and Thaddeus gradually learn some of ORVIS's nearly 400 year history and become determined to save him from destruction. They unexpectedly end up joining ORVIS in a cross-continent trek to get to Toby's great-grandmother's house, where ORVIS could live in peace. In order to get there, though, they would have to survive a journey across The Empty.

Cody Oakton is the only child aboard the starship Annie Cannon. His parents, who he calls Gus and Olivia, were fined a year's pay and demoted for his birth, yet he hardly knows or interacts with them. When the Annie Cannon visits the planet Patma, Cody leaves the ship for the first time in his life. As the only human child on Patma as well, Cody is left somewhat to his own devices, but he never dreams what he will discover on his own - or what will discover him.

Abby Tabor is an orphan, living and working at her Uncle Mochi's inn on Earth - which someday she may inherit and run herself. Bryan Bishop is a colonial from the Triark habitat in space and the heir to his mother's fortune. Together, this unlikely pair is kidnapped from Earth to work as child laborers (or "Young Pioneers" in the parlance of VitaCon) in preparing a space habitat for its new population. Follow them as they adapt to this brutal existence and watch for an opportunity to escape from VitaCon to return to their homes.

Tia and Rabbit, having been rescued from the impoverished "Base" where they were born, begin the introduction to their new home and family at Morrow. As they learn and grow, Ashira (the Elite of Morrow) decides to lead an expedition back to the Base, which Tia and Rabbit join. Their return to their birthplace is not without difficulties, but many ancient ghosts are laid to rest as Tia and Rabbit see the Base and the Family through new eyes.

Lian Webster is an astrophysicist and the child of astrophysicists. Her presence on the planet Balthor is purely the product of her parents' pursuit and study of an upcoming supernova. When Lian crashes her aircar in a storm near an archeological dig of mysterious buildings abandoned on Balthor, she is pulled into a mystery bigger than the stars themselves. Join her as she struggles to save the few remaining survivors of a nearly extinct civilization.

Gareth Mitchell is about to learn that the legendary "Builders" have returned to her planet, Xilan. The problem is that these visitors on a survey expedition from Earth don't even know that she and her colony exist, let alone that they have been on Xilan for 500 years. As high-tech rediscovers low-tech, questions arise on both sides as to who is advanced and who is backward...

Varina is a Delikon, a race that conquered and reshaped the Earth generations ago, and an instructor of the gifted and beautiful human children who will someday rule the Delikon-imposed society. As a member of the Ruling House, she is young as Delikons reckon age and has been restructured to better integrate and interact with humans - with only her over-large cinnamon eyes to set her apart. Follow Varina and her two students, Alta and Jason, as they are caught up in a larger conflict than they ever dreamed of while on a journey to deliver Alta and Jason to the academy where they will begin their next stage of education. Varina, who has served nine times the usual Delikon service period, will discover whether she is an alien among humans or a human among aliens.

Annalyn Court is the daughter of the President of Mars, one of his many children over the years. She is a member of the elite of Martian society without truly understanding what that entails. She is thrust into a political struggle for her father's wealth and power in which the President defends himself against all comers, including his own family. Along with Hector Protector (her robotic bodyguard), Annalyn survives not only the destruction of the dome shields of the capital city Olympia but also an assassination attempt. As she searches for her commoner friend Shala in the ruins of Midtown, Annalyn comes to learn that dominion and leadership are not the same thing. She must choose for herself which path she will follow in the rebuilding of Olympia.

Jenny Sadler is on a trip with her father to the planet Tanin, where he would like to learn more about a scroll he received whose makers seem to have technology and materials far more advanced than anything at the Silas P. Sadler Research Institute has ever seen. While her father becomes almost consumed with his pursuit of the culture that created the artifact, Jenny befriends Eli (an orphan and one of the only children born on Tanin), who happens to be the discoverer of the scroll and their hired guide to the site of his find. As Jenny, her father and Eli explore deeper into the ruins of what appears to be an ancient civilization, the finds they make may not be the ones they were looking for.

Amy and Axel are children living in a decaying and decrepit City. Amy was born there but is different from the others in that she has learned how to read (illegal in the City). Axel is a troubled boy who eventually claims to Amy to have come from "Outside". Together, she and Axel embark on a trip to find a way to Outside and to Axel's home and family. They will learn much of their world and about themselves on a long journey through many trials and hardships.