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Spaceheadz Series (age 8-11)
by Jon Scieszka
school ... science fiction ... humor
Publisher comments: Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids at all. They are aliens. Real aliens who have invaded our planet in the form of school children and a hamster. They have a mission to complete: to convince 3,140,001 kids to BE SPHDZ. But with a hamster as their leader, "kids" who talk like walking advertisements, and Michael K as their first convert, will the SPHDZ be able to keep their cover and pull off their assignment?
title: Spaceheadz
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Time Out (age 8-11)
by Helen Cresswell
science fiction ... adventure ... magic
Twelve-year-old Tweeny and her parents, servants in a London house in 1887, use a book of magic spells to travel forward in time 100 years and find the England of 1987 to be an astonishing place.
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The Three-Seated Space Ship (age 8-11)
by Louis Slobodkin
adventure ... science fiction
Catalog: When the departure of their plane from New York to Albany is delayed for an hour and a half, a little boy, his grandmother, and his friend from outer space use the time to take a quick trip to London in the friend's space ship.
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Terror on the Moons of Jupiter (age 8-11)
by Victor Appleton
adventure ... science fiction
Tom Swift and his friends Ben and Anita travel with their new robot, Aristotle, to the moons of Jupiter where they encounter a sinister rival.
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The McGrowl Series (age 8-11)
by Bob Balaban
humor ... animals ... science fiction
When Thomas's loveable dog McGrowl is hit by a car, Thomas is heartbroken. But just when he thinks McGrowl will be lost to him forever, the mysterious vet Dr. Minderbender steps in to save the day. After a strange operation, McGrowl is alive, but he has been changed forever. McGrowl now has super speed, super hearing, and superpowerful sight, smell, and strength! Now Thomas and his bionic dog must take on the evil Dr. Minderbender and foil his sneaky plans. Can this one-of-a-kind canine superhero save the day?
title: Beware of Dog
title: Every Dog Has His Day
title: Good Dog!
title: It's a Dog-eat-dog World
title: It's a Dog's Life
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The Plant People (age 8-11)
by Dale Bick Carlson
science fiction
A mysterious fog changes all but a few people in a western town into plants.
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The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (age 8-11)
by Eleanor Cameron
voyages/journeys ... humor ... science fiction
A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy (age 8-11)
by William Boniface
science fiction ... adventure ... action ... humor
YIKES! Professor Brain-Drain is on the loose! This supervillain menaces the fine supercitizens of Superopolis, concocting evil-genius schemes and draining everyone's brainpower! (And in this town, there's not a whole lot of that to begin with.) NEVER FEAR! The AMAZING INDESTRUCTO will save the day! He is indestructible! He cannot be harmed by anything! He is the town's greatest superhero! Collect all sixty-four of his trading cards! BUT WAIT! A mystery is afoot in Superopolis. Why is it so hard to get a complete set of the collectible cards? Where is the last card hiding? Who is the real mastermind behind this sinister plot, and what is he planning? Forget the regular superheroes. In a city where everyone is extraordinary, this might just be a job for . . . ORDINARY BOY.
title: The Hero Revealed
title: The Return of Meteor Boy?
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The Trouble With Miss Switch (age 8-11)
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
school ... science fiction ... magic
Rupert Brown can tell from day one that Miss Switch is no ordinary fifth-grade teacher. Her whole look is about as comfortable as a steel knitting needle! Plus, she's in some serious trouble. It seems that Miss Switch has been condemned by a crazy contraption called a computowitch, and she must come up with some original witchcraft ... or she will be doomed to sweep Witch's Mountain for l50 years. Can great scientist Rupert Brown and his friend Amelia Daley face the computowitch and the Witches' Council, and get their favorite teacher of all time out of this mess?
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Harriet's Hare (age 8-11)
by Dick King-Smith
friendship ... science fiction
A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien.
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Fergus Crane (age 8-11)
by Paul Stewart
voyages/journeys ... science fiction ... school ... humor ... adventure
Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life, having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne and helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill, and Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers are not quite what they seem ... they're actually pirates! Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates on the far-off Fire Island? And who else will he find there?
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I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (age 8-11)
by Bruce Coville
science fiction ... school ... humor
The aliens have finally made contact! But when the first ambassador from another planet arrives, he insists that his son, Pleskit Meenom, be treated like any other citizen on Earth. Which is why Pleskit has become the first purple kid in Ms. Weintraub's sixth grade class. For Tim Tompkins, who has been waiting his entire life to meet an alien, this is like a dream come true. But when Pleskit invites Tim back to the embassy and they stumble across a plan to sabotage the alien mission, Tim's dream becomes a life-threatening nightmare.
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Barney and the UFO (age 8-11)
by Margaret Goff Clark
humor ... family ... science fiction
Catalog: Barney is afraid to tell his foster parents that he has seen a UFO behind the house even when a hasty promise to a space boy leads him into trouble.
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Frankenbug (age 8-11)
by Steven Cousins
science fiction ... humor ... animals ... school
Inspired by the movie Frankenstein, bug-lover Adam Cricklestein decides to create a monster bug that will protect him from the school bully, Jeb McAllister.
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Stinker From Space (age 8-11)
by Pamela F. Service
humor ... adventure ... science fiction
Catalog: An agent of the Sylon Confederacy, fleeing from enemy ships, crash lands on Earth, transfers his mind to the body of a skunk, and enlists the aid of two children in getting back to his home planet.
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Virtually Perfect (age 8-11)
by Dan Gutman
humor ... science fiction
Yip Turner spends more time playing computer games than with other kids. For him, virtual reality usually beats reality! So when his dad, a movie special-effects designer, brings home new software for creating virtual actors, Yip is psyched. He and his sister create "Victor," a boy who is smart, handsome, and charming--perfect in every way. But when Victor leaves cyberspace and invades their world, Yip realizes that there are bugs in the virtual-actor software. Now his family--and possibly the whole country!--may be in danger.
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M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales (age 8-11)
by M. T. Anderson
mystery ... adventure ... humor ... science fiction ... authorship
What sort of madman would unleash an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world? Who cares! All that matters is that his dastardly plan be foiled. Lucky for Lily Gefelty, her two best friends are the intrepid stars of their own middle-grade series novels: Jasper Dash (better know as the Boy Technonaut) and Katie Mulligan (beloved by millions as the heroine of the Horror Hollow series). It's going to take all their smarts to stop this insane, inane plot from succeeding. Start with the first thrilling tale, Whales on Stilts.
title: Whales on Stilts
title: The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
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My Teacher is an Alien (age 8-11)
by Bruce Coville
humor ... fantasy ... school ... science fiction
Publisher comments: Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face ... and she realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien!
sequel: My Teacher Flunked the Planet
sequel: My Teacher Fried My Brains
sequel: My Teacher Glows in the Dark
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Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures (age 8-11)
by Bruce Coville
humor ... fantasy ... science fiction
They're out of this world!
title: The Search for Snout
title: Aliens Ate My Homework
title: I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X

Juana Briones Elementary School, Sat Aug 25 11:55:27 2012
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