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The Oscar J. Noodleman Television Network: The Second Strange Thing That Happened to Oscar Noodleman
(age 8-11) by Stephen Manes adventure ... science fiction Catalog: Soon after Oscar receives a home video recorder and camera from his mother's eccentric inventor cousin, Oscar's pictures begin to turn up mysteriously on television sets all over town. |
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Fog Mound Series (age 8-11) by Susan Schade fantasy ... adventure ... science fiction In ancient times human beings ruled the Earth; at least that's what the old legends claim. But is it true? Thelonious Chipmunk is a Talker (an animal who has inherited the gift of language) and he, for one, believes in humans. Who else could have made the old paper postcard he treasures? His desire to know more about humans is fulfilled in a surprising and dangerous way when Thelonious is swept down the river into a strange new world, a world where gangs and warlords prowl amongst the crumbling remains of civilization. With three new companions, Thelonious embarks on a search for the far-off Fog Mound. It is a journey that becomes nothing less than a quest to uncover the secrets of Earth's past. title: Travels of Thelonious |
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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. sequel: Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet |
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The Akiko Series (age 8-11) by Mark Crilley science fiction ... action ... adventure Akiko's always prepared for something out of this world, as she takes on one exciting intergalactic adventure after another. title: Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000 title: Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd title: Akiko and the Intergalactic Zoo title: Akiko and the Journey to Toog title: Akiko on the Planet Smoo title: Akiko: Pieces of Gax title: Akiko. Pocket size 4, The Story Tree title: Akiko. Pocket size 5, Bornstone's Elixir title: Akiko: The Training Master title: Akiko in the Castle of Alia Rellapor |
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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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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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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: Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware |
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Top Secret
(age 8-11) by John Reynolds Gardiner science fiction ... humor ... school Despite the disapproval of his parents and his formidable science teacher, nine-year-old Allen determines to do his science project on human photosynthesis. |
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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: Aliens Stole My Body title: Aliens Ate My Homework |