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Time quintet volume 1
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English
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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2022-2023 OBOB 6th to 8th Grade
You May Not Be A Billionaire, But These Stories Can Take You To Space For Free
You May Not Be A Billionaire, But These Stories Can Take You To Space For Free
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Publisher Annotation: The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home. That's how we ended up on Choom with the Zhuri. They're very smart. They also look like giant mosquitos. But that's not why it's so hard to live here. There's a lot that the Zhuri don't like: singing (just ask my...
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Alien superstar volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin, real.
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English
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Anthony and his younger sister discover that the monster figures he got in an unusual box at an estate sale are alive, but they have no way of knowing that the "monsters" will lead them on fantastical adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to save Earth.
5) Stowaway
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Icarus chronicles volume 1
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English
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To save his father, a Coalition scientist protecting a precious resource, after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and must decide who to trust--human or alien--to stay alive
When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth's crust, it's not long before aliens show up to our little corner of the galaxy offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry...
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Fluffy bunnies volume 1
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English
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At Camp Whatsitooya, twins Joules and Kevin and new friend Nelson face off against large, rabbit-like creatures from the Mallow Galaxy who thrive on sugar, but are not above hypnotizing and eating human campers.
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Geronimo Stilton. Spacemice volume 12
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English
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Geronimo discovers a planet on the radar that mysteriously appears and disappears. MouseStar 1 lands to investigate and they discover mysterious aliens who hide a secret!
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Moon Base Alpha volume 3
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English
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In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.
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Tales from the House of Bunnicula volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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In his new book, Howie the wire-haired dachshund writes all about how the Mind Swappers from Asteroid 6 invade Earth and how he and his friend Delilah save the day.
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Otis Dooda volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Otis Dooda is starting out in a new school since his move to New York City. He would love to make a good impression, but strange thinigs begin to happen to him.
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Geronimo Stilton. Spacemice volume 11
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English
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Professor Greenfur, the onboard scientist on spaceship MouseStar 1, has changed color from green to... orange! What's going on? To find out, the spacemice travel to his home planet of Photosyntheson. There, they learn that all of Professor Greenfur's relatives are being threatened by the nibblix, tiny aliens with very sharp teeth! Can the spacemice help in time?
13) The invasion
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Animorphs. Main series volume 1
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English
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Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco can transform into dangerous creatures to fight evil.
14) The orphan army
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The Nightsiders volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the future, bug-like aliens are taking over Earth and young Milo Silk learns through dreams and strange encounters that there are other, ancient monsters on the planet that are also threatened by the aliens, and that he may be the hero destined to lead his friends in saving the universe.
15) Carma comes home
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English
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Kurby, Risk, and Carma team up to save their mother ship, BeegMumma, from hostile aliens, but must also face prejudices while completing their mission.
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Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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When a spaceship lands in the small town of Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile delinquent Jack Creedle and prim, studious Isadora Shumway form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's space travel machine.
17) One trick pony
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English
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In a future where alien beings consume technology as a few humans try to preserve it, Strata, her brother, and a friend are separated from their caravan and, with a wonderful robotic horse, must fight their way back.
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George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space travel.
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Problematic paradox volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nikola Kross's world is turned upside down when her father is abducted by aliens and she is suddenly transported to a special boarding school for geniuses, but things get even stranger when she realizes she has certain abilities that put her entire school in grave danger.
20) Vault of shadows
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The Nightsiders volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Milo must choose between risking his life to save both the human and magical universes--or to live and save only his own"--
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