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Eaton Stanley and the Mind Control Experiment (age 7-10)
by David Adler
humor ... science fiction ... school
Brian knows Eaton Stanley is strange. Eaton knows all kinds of weird facts that fascinate Brian. Before he knows what hit him, Brian gets involved in Eaton's bizarre science project -a plan to take control of their teacher's mind. Brian is thrilled when their plan seems to work -- until the day they go too far.
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BEN
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist (age 7-10)
by Jim Benton
math/science/technology ... humor ... science fiction ... school
When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a stir with her wacky schemes and wild inventions.
title: The Invisible Fran
title: The Fran That Time Forgot
title: Attack of the 50-ft. Cupid
title: The Fran With Four Brains
title: Frantastic Voyage
title: Lunch Walks Among Us
title: The Frandidate
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ROV
Hot Dog and Bob Series (age 7-10)
by Lissa Rovetch
science fiction ... school ... humor
Bob is just an ordinary boy with ordinary friends who goes to an ordinary school, each and every day. But this is no ordinary day. Today when Bob opens his lunchbox, he finds Hot Dog ... a real, live, talking hotdog! Hot Dog says he's from another planet. He’s here to save Earth. And ... gulp ... he needs Bob's help!
title: Hot Dog and Bob and the Particularly Pesky Attack of the Pencil People
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GRE
Weird Planet Series (age 7-10)
by Dan Greenburg
science fiction ... humor
When their spaceship crash lands on Earth, Ploo is captured by the Army and taken to the mysterious Area 51. While her brothers, Lek and Klatu, try to rescue her, Ploo uses her ESP to make a new friend.
title: Dude, Where's My Spaceship?
title: Lost in Las Vegas
title: Chilling With the Great Ones
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BUN
Wanna Buy an Alien? (age 7-10)
by Eve Bunting
science fiction
Ben is excited and more than a little nervous when he receives a strange package on his birthday. Inside are photographs of himself . . . with an alien! The other contents are just as weird-a note, a tape, and two warm vein-covered rocks. Even when he finds out that his friend Jason ordered the gift from a "Wanna Buy an Alien?" ad in a tabloid, Ben can't shake the feeling that it's all real-especially when events begin unfolding just as the contents of the package had predicted.
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PIL
The Ricky Ricotta Series (age 7-10)
by Dav Pilkey
science fiction ... adventure ... humor
Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot battle for the safety of the universe in these hilarious action-packed adventures.
title: Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus: the third robot adventure novel
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COV
Space Brat (age 7-10)
by Bruce Coville
humor ... science fiction
Although bratty Blork is good at throwing tantrums, even a megatantrum can't save his pet Poonoobie when it is taken by the Big Pest Squad.
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PIN
Mush, a Dog From Space (age 7-10)
by Daniel Pinkwater
science fiction ... animals ... humor
Kelly Mangiaro, who has wanted a pet for as long as she can remember, gets more than she bargained for from her new dog, Mush.
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ELL
The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle (age 7-10)
by David Elliott
science fiction ... humor
Roscoe Wizzle was a normal ten-year-old kid until a sign sprang up in a vacant lot showing a big picture of Gussy Gorilla just about the biggest hamburger in the world. The new fast food franchise transforms The Wizzles' dinner routine, but that's not all!

Addison Elementary School, Sat Aug 25 11:55:25 2012
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