In a series of amusing comparisons, a boy shows how humans are much more like each other than we are like any other thing on Earth.

"Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil."--

Grand Admiral, Her Royal Highness Kris Longknife is up to her ears in problems again. While summoned to the Imperial Iteeche Court to be humanity's emissary, it turns out that what the Iteeche really want is a fighting admiral! You see, they've got this huge civil war going, and the imperial side isn't doing well. Kris now has command of the entire imperial; combined fleet. Sort of. The Iteeche Empire has a ten-thousand-year long history. There is...

Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and, most important, why their lives are in danger.

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...