The Fellowship for Alien Detection
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| Author | Kathryn Fitzmaurice |
| ISBN | 0061625019 |
This sweet contemporary story about poetry, family, and determining your own destiny is perfect for fans of books by Wendy Mass, Joan Bauer, Sharon Creech, and Rebecca Stead.
Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has never met her father, so when a book of poetry with his name in it goes missing,...
| Author | Ari B. Goelman |
| ISBN | 0545474302 |
Mysteries, mazes, and magic combine in this smart, funny summer-camp fantasy -- like THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY for kids!
Dahlia Sherman loves magic, and Math Club, and Guitar Hero. She isn't so fond of nature walks, and Hebrew campfire songs, and mean girls her own age.
All...
| Author | J.E. Thompson |
| ISBN | 0062104462 |
The last year has been rougher than sandpaper for Abbey Force and her dad. He’s in a coma after his accident a year back, wherein he was framed for a terrible crime he didn’t commit. And their home, Reward Plantation, an idyllic spot on the eastern coast of South Carolina, had to be sold to pay off his...
| Author | Dan Krokos |
| ISBN | 0765334283 |
The Planet Thieves is the first thrilling installment of a new middle-grade series by Dan Krokos.
Two weeks ago, thirteen-year-old Mason Stark and seventeen of his fellow cadets from the Academy for Earth Space Command boarded the SS Egypt. The trip was supposed to be a short routine voyage...
| Author | J.V. Kade |
| ISBN | 0803738609 |
Twelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare all...
| Author | Jeramey Kraatz |
| ISBN | 0062095501 |
Alex Knight struggles to find a place between superheroes and supervillains in this explosive sequel to The Cloak Society, which School Library Journal praised as having "the same wide appeal as Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books."
The Cloak Society has finally taken down their greatest...
Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you...
Blast off with:
• Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo an all-new and exclusive tale from Rick Riordan
• A Day in the Life by award-winning author/illustrator Shaun Tan
• Rise of the RoboShoes by Tom Angleberger...
| Author | Mike Jung |
| ISBN | 0545335485 |
Can knowing the most superhero trivia in the whole school be considered a superpower? If so, Vincent Wu is invincible.
If not (and let’s face it, it’s “not”), then Vincent and his pals Max and George don’t get any props for being the leaders (and, well, sole members) of the (unofficial)...
| Author | Lee Bacon |
| ISBN | 0375990275 |
For Joshua Dread, middle school is proving to be, well, awkward. Not only do bullies pick on him, but do you see those supervillains over there trying to flood the world? The ones that everyone, including his best friend Milton, are rooting for Captain Justice to take down? They're the Dread Duo, and they...
| Author | Jenn Reese |
| ISBN | 0763654183 |
A thrilling sequel from an exciting new voice in middle-grade sci-fi tracks two ocean-born children braving the dangers of the Above World.
The desert is no place for ocean-dwelling Kampii like Aluna and Hoku, especially now that Aluna has secretly started growing her tail. But the maniacal...
| Author | F.T. Bradley |
| ISBN | 0062104373 |
Fans of 39 Clues and Artemis Fowl will enjoy the fun, fresh thrill ride through this humorous, action-packed adventure from debut author F. T. Bradley.
In the trilogy opener, twelve-year-old Lincoln Baker finds himself in a world of trouble! First, Linc’s seemingly harmless prank on a...
The first in a high octane sci-fi adventure series by best-selling and award-winning author, Brian Falkner.
It is 2030, and the world is at war with an alien race. The Bzadians. The battleground: Earth. Recon Team Angel, made up of teenagers from around the world, has been training for years....
| Author | Lisa Martin |
| ISBN | 1616202467 |
Black and white line drawings illustrate each chapter.
For ages 8-12, grades 3-7.
A swashbuckling story of two very different cat brothers and their adventures at sea.
Cat brothers Cecil and Anton are as different as port and starboard. Cecil, stocky and black with white...
| Author | Adam Jay Epstein |
| ISBN | 0062120220 |
Zachary Night has been waiting his whole life for this moment. Like his family before him, he's finally headed to Indigo 8, a top secret training center where future Starbounders learn the skills to protect the galaxy. But being a Starbounder is no walk on the moon. No sooner has Zachary mastered the warp...
Max Segredo, tossed out by yet another foster family, has finally come to the end of the line. After being wrongly accused of setting a fire, he is sent to the Merry Sunshine Orphanage — on his thirteenth birthday, no less.
But what kind of group home offers classes in surveillance techniques,...
| Author | Horton Deakins |
| ISBN | 0982659415 |
X Files meets the Time Tunnel as a disparate band of army, agents and scientists attempt to change past events to save humanity’s future.
Time Pullers is not a light and easy read: with a wealth of technical detail, complex science and army procedure, there’s weight to this tale, it’s...
| Author | Anne Cameron |
| ISBN | 0062112767 |
You know something is seriously wrong when it starts raining newts and frogs…
11 year-old Angus McFangus believes that his parents are boring civil servants, but one stormy night his world is turned upside down when he is mysteriously whisked to the island of Imbur to become an apprentice...
| Author | Emily Fairlie |
| ISBN | 0062118900 |
Emily Fairlie’s clever and imaginative, The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck, tells the story of sixth grader Laurie Madison. She is one of the students at Tuckernuck and desperately wants to join her best friend Kimmy at another middle school. However, it will have to wait as she is assigned for gerbil...
| Author | Ilene Cooper |
| ISBN | 0312370148 |
When Bette finds an angel coin among the money collected in a carwash, she puts it in her pocket and forgets about it. But things start to change, especially once Gabby, a mysterious and kind new neighbor, moves into Bette’s Chicago building.
Suddenly, Bette is able to face some big losses—her...
| Author | Christopher Krovatin |
| ISBN | 0062077406 |
Ian was the one who chased the majestic buck into the forest. Kendra and PJ followed him. They all hoped to return to the hiking trail before anyone noticed they were gone. However, the mountain had other plans for them: dark, sinister plans that only nightmares are made of. Now they don't know where they...
| Author | Melissa Hardy |
| ISBN | 1770492925 |
This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny.
Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores...
| Author | Henry Clark |
| ISBN | 0316206660 |
When River, Freak, and Fiona discover a rare zucchini-colored crayon between the cushions of a mysterious sofa at their bus stop, they quickly find themselves in the middle of an evil plot to conquer the world! The plot's mastermind, Edward Disin, is responsible for starting the underground coal seam...
Zombies are about to get schooled. Leo and Chad are glad to be back at Rotfield Middle School with their friends. But they can't help noticing some of their classmates are acting a little . . . undead. The Zombie Zappers are determined to find out why. And since Principal V won't help them stop the zombie...
| Author | John David Anderson |
| ISBN | 0062133144 |
With not nearly enough power comes way too much responsibility.
Andrew Bean might be a part of H.E.R.O., a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesn’t mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds. First, there’s Drew’s power: Possessed...
