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• Roswell Johnson Saves the World!

  Colfer, Chris, 1990-

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  When Roswell is accidentally abducted by aliens, his biggest dream comes true--he learns that aliens are real! But when he discovers Earth is in grave danger, he must join forces with a team of quirky extraterrestrials to save his planet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Dragon on Mars

  Reintgen, Scott,

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  Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones was born on Mars, with every day a struggle, until he stumbles into a restricted military zone where he learns dragons are real and a new dragon has chosen him as a rider--a role he needs to embrace quickly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Running in Flip-flops From the End of the World

  Reynolds, Justin A.,

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  When everyone in town disappears without a trace, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends, with no parental supervision, must figure out what happened to their families, but as they each deal with their fear differently, their friendships…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ruby Code

  Khoury, Jessica, 1990-

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  Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who thanks him with a copy of an old fantasy game called The Glass Realm. While…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alebrijes

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  For 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel--or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don't last…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Superteacher Project

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Oliver and Nathan, determined to get to the bottom of their new homeroom teacher's fishy behavior, discover Mr. Aidact is actually an AI robot from a secret experimental program.

• Bright Family Vacation

  Soria, Gabriel,

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  The Bright Family has been hard at work repairing space portals, and they’ve earned a vacation at a space resort! Unfortunately everything goes wrong when they arrive at the wrong planet. Hopefully these challenges are nothing the Bright…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Falling Out of Time

  Haddix, Margaret Peterson,

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  Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it's 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am the Walrus

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  Fourteen-year-old Noah Prime’s DNA has been encoded with genetic information for all animal life on earth. Because his very existence is endangering the planet, he becomes the target of government agents, a mad scientist, and comically…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alien Summer

  Murray, James S. (James Stephen), 1976-

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  On the first day of summer vacation twelve-year-old Viv Harlow just wants to relax, but when a whole race of aliens escape from the famous Area 51 where her mom works, Viv and her friends will have to gear up, work together, and save their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sal & Gabi Break the Universe

  Hernandez, Carlos Alberto Pablo, 1971-

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  Salvador Vidón can reach into other universes to retrieve items. He teams up with Gabi Reál and they use his abilities to try to improve their lives. But will they break the universe in the process?

• We're Not From Here

  Rodkey, Geoff, 1970-

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  After a year on Mars, a young boy and his family migrate to the planet Choom, but the inhabitants of Choom, the Zhuri, who look like giant mosquitoes, don't really like humans and it up to the boy and his family to change their minds if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Last-day-of-summer

  Giles, L. R. (Lamar R.),

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  When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected.

• The Truth About Martians

  Savage, Melissa,

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  When a flying saucer crash-lands next to Mylo's Roswell, New Mexico, ranch in 1947, he and his friends Dibs and Gracie set out to find and help the Martians.

• Randoms

  Liss, David, 1966-

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  "A twelve-year-old boy is chosen to join a four-person applicant team to work towards membership in the Confederation of United Planets, and stumbles across conspiracies resembling science fiction he's been a fan of his entire life"--…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fourteenth Goldfish

  Holm, Jennifer L.,

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  Ellie's scientist grandfather has discovered a way to reverse aging, and consequently has turned into a teenager--which makes for complicated relationships when he moves in with Ellie and her mother, his daughter.

• Zorgamazoo

  Weston, Robert Paul

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  Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The True Meaning of Smekday

  Rex, Adam

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  Twelve-year-old Gratuity Tucci has a hard time writing an essay on "The True Meaning of Smekday" due to her complex life after Earth was overtaken by aliens and her mother was kidnapped and taken to Happy Mouse Kingdom in Florida.