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A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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This is Book 1 of the Time Quintet Series It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory,"... |
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The City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau - Random House
Format: Paperback
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The critically acclaimed novel--DuPrau's electric debut that offers refreshingly clear writing and fascinating, original characters--is now in paperback.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning... |
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The White Mountains
John Christopher - Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback
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Long ago, the Tripods--huge, three-legged machines--descended upon Earth and took control. Now people unquestioningly accept the Tripods' power. They have no control over their thoughts or their lives. But for a brief time in each person's life--in childhood--he is not a slave. For Will,... |
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The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
Ben Hatke - First Second
Format: Paperback
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Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure in this New York Times-Bestselling graphic novel trilogy for middle grade readers.Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces... |
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Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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There's no milk for cereal. No matter--Dad will run down to the store to pick some up. The children wait. And wait. And wait. Dad better have a pretty good excuse for taking so long! In a delightful reversal of how things usually go, the father is the one making up wild, impossible stories,... |
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When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead - Yearling
Format: Paperback
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This remarkable novel holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart. By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.But things start to unravel.... |
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Hello, Nebulon!
Ray O'Ryan - Little Simon
Format: Paperback
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Get to know Galaxy Zack - and his new home planet! - in this start to an out-of-this-world illustrated chapter book series.In Hello, Nebulon!, Zack makes the big move from Earth. He is already nervous about starting school and making new friends, but it only gets worse when he dreams... |
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Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space
Philip Reeve - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Paperback
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Arthur (Art) Mumsby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in a huge and rambling house called Larklight ... that just happens to be traveling through outer space. When a visitor called Mr. Webster arrives for a visit, it is far from an innocent social call. Before long... |
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Herbert's Wormhole
Peter Nelson - HarperCollins Children's
Format: Paperback
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Herbert Slewg and his hapless, video game-addicted neighbor Alex Filby have stumbled upon what Einstein could only theorize about: a wormhole through the space/time continuum. They travel 100 years into the future of their no-longer-boring town and are mistaken for alien slayers . . . in a world... |
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Stuck on Earth
David Klass - Frances Foster Books
Format: Print book
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Ketchvar III's mission is simple: travel to Planet Earth, inhabit the body of an average teenager, and determine if the human race should be annihilated. And so Ketchvar -- who, to human eyes, looks just like a common snail -- crawls into the brain of one Tom Filber and attempts to do his analysis.... |
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Orvis
H M Hoover - Tom Doherty Associates
Format: Book
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When Toby stumbles upon Orvis - an obsolete robot - he is about to shut himself down. . . forever. Toby knows how Orvis feels: no one wants her either. A spacer all her life, her too-busy-for-Toby parents have packed her away to school on Earth. But when her domineering grandmother decides... |
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Norby the Mixed-Up Robot
Janet Asimov - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback
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Meet Norbyhe wants to help, but he's one mixed-up robot When Space Academy cadet Jeff Wells needs tutoring for his course in Martian Swahili, he goes looking for a robot teacher. Norby possesses not only the usual robot skills but also an extraordinary array of powers, including antigravity... |
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Cosmic
Frank Cottrell Boyce - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer... |
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George's Secret Key to the Universe
Stephen Hawking - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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In their bestselling book for young readers, noted physicist Stephen Hawking and his daughter, Lucy, provide a grand and funny adventure that explains fascinating information about our universe, including Dr. Hawking's latest ideas about black holes. It's the story of George, who's taken... |
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Binky the Space Cat (A Binky Adventure)
Ashley Spires - Kids Can Press
Format: Paperback
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Binky is a space cat - at least in his own mind. He's really a house cat who has never left the family ?space station.? Unlike other house cats, Binky has a mission: to blast off into outer space (outside) , explore unknown places (the backyard) and battle aliens (bugs) . Binky must... |
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My Teacher Flunked the Planet
Bruce Coville - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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Alien Invasion of Earth! Peter Thompson, a typical seventh-grader, finds himself touring the planet with his friends Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougal, and three aliens in disguise! Their mission? To file the final report that will determine Earth's future in the universe. As the clock... |
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The ear, the eye, and the arm
Nancy Farmer - Firebird
Format: Paperback
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In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them. |
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Zahrah the Windseeker
Nnedi Okorafor - Graphia
Format: Paperback
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In the Ooni Kingdom, children born dada--with vines growing in their hair--are rumored to have special powers. Zahrah Tsami doesn't know anything about that. She feels normal. Others think she's different--they fear her. Only Dari, her best friend, isn't afraid of her. But then something... |
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The Time Machine
H G Wells - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback
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English novelist, historian and science writer Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) abandoned teaching and launched his literary career with a series of highly successful science-fiction novels. The Time Machine was the first of a number of these imaginative literary inventions. First published... |
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Eager
Helen Fox - Yearling
Format: Paperback
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It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be - a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved,... |
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The Fran That Time Forgot (4) (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist)
Jim Benton - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Goosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy fans, meet Franny!. Franny K. Stein didnt think the time would ever come when someone would realize what the K in her name stood for. And she REALLY didnt think that same someone would say her middle name in front of the whole school! But thats what... |
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Animorphs #3: The Encounter
K.A. Applegate - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback
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The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph.When Tobias and his friends were given the power to morph, they were also given an important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours.... |
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Rescue on Tankium 3.
Jake Parker - Turtleback Books
Format: Book
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The daring agent Missile Mouse must help free a planet forced into slavery by evil King Bognarsh. But things get dicey when Bognarsh hires the Blazing Bat to take Missile Mouse out before he can shut the operation down.
This item is Non-Returnable. |
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Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity
Dave Roman - First Second
Format: Paperback
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Hakata Soy's past life as the leader of a futuristic super team won't stay in the past The former space hero is doing his best to keep his head down at Astronaut Academy. Things aren't going so great, though. The most popular girl in school has it in for him. His best friend won't return... |
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