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Author
Series
Time quintet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin are guided by unearthly strangers as they go on a journey through space and time to search for Meg's and Charles' scientist father who disappeared while experimenting with a new form of space travel. Includes related readings and study questions.
2) The 5th Wave
Author
Series
5th wave volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told ... until now.
4) Dinosaur boy
Author
Series
Dinosaur boy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sprouting a tail and spikes over the summer before fifth grade, Sawyer, a boy with the dinosaur gene, is bullied in school, but when his tormentors begin to disappear, it is up to Sawyer, his best friend Elliot, and a mysterious new girl to rescue them from a galactically horrible fate.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A mysterious doorway! (Sure, it's in the grossest restaurant in the world, but that doesn't make it any less mysterious, ok?) Behold! What lies beyond it?! An evil centipede? An alternate universe? A few decent explanations? Vrrring! Ning! Ning! Hey! Was that a chain saw? Let's see if you can read and run at the same time..."-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!
"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" — Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.The Bad Guys have strangely acquired SUPERPOWERS! But their powers might be, well,...8) Spaceheadz
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else of the truth.
Author
Series
Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seriously, WHAT is going on with Snake?! Terrible powers have been revealed! Evil allies! Inter-dimensional doorways! What is his deal?! And that's not all! Why is Agent Fox suddenly so mysterious? Who is she, exactly?! We need answers! Wolf and the gang are back. And theyre even more confused than you. Get ready for your brain to totally melt!
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 18
Publisher
Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Buzz is filming a movie about aliens from Outer Space, who capture Fly Guy and Buzz Boy--and our two heroes must outsmart the aliens, with some help from Dragon Dude and Fly Girl.
Author
Series
Lorien Legacies volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The aliens must come together because their power is in numbers.
Author
Series
Dinosaur boy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After heroically saving his classmates, fifth-grader Sawyer's life as a dinosaur-human hybrid has gotten a lot easier until Sawyer, Sylvie, who is part Martian, and Elliot head to Mars in search of Sylvie's missing dad and discover that Mars is trying to kick Pluto out of the solar system.
18) Mr. Wuffles!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs"--
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