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Searching for Super
Marion Jensen - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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The superheroes of Split Rock are hunkering down, which is really just a fancy way of saying they're hiding. Ever since those supervillainous Joneses took away their real powers, the Baileys and the Johnsons have been living in fear. But Rafter has had a taste of what saving the day feels... |
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Mars Evacuees
Sophia McDougall - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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When Earth comes under attack by aliens, hilarious heroine Alice Dare and a select group of kids are sent to Mars. But things get very strange when the adults disappear into thin air, the kids face down an alien named Thsaaa, and Alice and her friends must save the galaxy!
For when plucky... |
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Smek for President!
Adam Rex - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Book
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After Tip and J.Lo banished the Gorg from Earth in a scheme involving the cloning of many, many cats, the pair is notorious-but not for their heroics. Instead, human Dan Landry has taken credit for conquering the Gorg, and the Boov blame J.Lo for ruining their colonization of the planet.... |
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Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic
Armand Baltazar - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Book
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You've never seen Earth like this before: continents reshaped, oceans re-formed, cities rebuilt, and mountains sculpted anew. Dinosaurs roam the plains alongside herds of buffalo, and giant robots navigate the same waters as steam-powered ships.
This is the world Diego Ribera was born... |
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Silo and the Rebel Raiders
V Peyton - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Ten-year-old Silo Zyco doesn't know much about his relatives -- his father was a mysterious stranger, and the rest of the Zycos were killed in a disaster involving a terrible wave and lots of mud. All he has inherited is a family reputation for thieving, and webbed feet. But Silo, last... |
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Smasher
Scott Bly - The Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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In thirty days, a cold-hearted corporate tycoon will unleash a deadly biological computer virus on the entire world. As the public eagerly awaits his invention that promises ultimate relaxation, harmony, and community, the evil big-business sorcerer plans to put an end to freedom.
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Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth
FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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A one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one's place in the universe. Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it's even more important when your grandfather can't care... |
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Holly Farb and the Princess of the Galaxy
Gareth Wronski - Aladdin
Format: Book
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Holly Farb is not the Princess of the Galaxy. She may be top of the class in every subject, but she can't even win a school election, never mind rule the Milky Way. The aliens who kidnapped her have gotten it all wrong.
Unfortunately Holly's alien pirate kidnappers... |
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Last Day on Mars
Kevin Emerson - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book
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It is Earth year 2213 - but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second trip:... |
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The Alchemist War
John Seven - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When their parents, two temporal researchers who travel through time to document history, are transferred to 16th-century Prague, Dawk and Hype hardly expect to find themselves in the middle of an alchemical mystery. In fact, the new, boring job is meant to be a punishment for Dawk and Hype's... |
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Pi in the Sky
Wendy Mass - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. His older brothers help his dad rule the cosmos, but all Joss gets to do is deliver pies. That's right: pies. Of course, these pies actually hold the secrets of the universe between their buttery crusts, but they're... |
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Alex and the Amazing Time Machine
Rich Cohen - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Alex Trumble is a pretty ordinary kid -- except for the fact that his IQ borders on genius, and he loves to read books on vortexes and time travel. But when two angry hit men kidnap his big brother Steven, Alex's life changes fast. Inventing a time machine (using an iPod, mirrors, duct... |
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Omega City
Diana Peterfreund - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The first middle grade novel in an exciting new series from acclaimed author Diana Peterfreund, perfect for fans of The Goonies and The City of Ember.Gillian Seagret doesn't listen to people who say her father's a crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology of Cold War-era... |
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The Fog Diver
Joel Ross - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Joel Ross debuts a thrilling adventure series in which living in the sky is the new reality and a few determined slum kids just might become heroes. This Texas Bluebonnet selection - a fantasy filled with daring and hope and a wonderfully imaginative world - is perfect for fans of Rick... |
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Six
M M Vaughan - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Book
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Parker and his family share a secret: they can, with the help of advanced technology, communicate between themselves through their thoughts.
When Parker, his dad, and sister Emma move to New York three years after his mother's death, Parker is having a hard time. He misses... |
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Under Their Skin
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Nick and Eryn's mom is getting remarried, and the twelve-year-old twins are skeptical when she tells them their lives won't change much. Well, yes, they will have to move. And they will have a new stepfather, stepbrother, and stepsister. But Mom tells them not to worry. They won't... |
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Masterminds
Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in the action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else.... |
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back So You Want to Be a Jedi?
Adam Gidwitz - Disney Lucasfilm Press
Format: Book
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It seems cool. You can move things with your mind. Control people with your thoughts. Oh, and the lightsabers. Yeah, those are awesome. But it's not all mind control and weaponized flashlights. Being a Jedi is hard work. Also, there are bad guys. Lots of bad guys. Who want to kill you.
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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping... |
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Fuzzy
Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program. |
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Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow
Nathan Bransford - Dial
Format: Hardcover
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Jacob Wonderbar is used to detentions, but when a spaceship crashes near his house, he finds himself in a whole new level of trouble. After swapping a corn dog for the ship, he and his two best friends, Sarah Daisy and Dexter, take off on a madcap adventure. They accidentally cause an epic... |
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The Doom Machine
Mark Teague - The Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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When a spaceship lands in Vern Hollow, Jack's hometown, he and his no-account inventor-uncle Bud are busy trying to fix a car driven by Dr. Shumway and her daughter, Isadora. Although Uncle Bud secretly knows the aliens are after one of his inventions, everyone is surprised when the space... |
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