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1) Spacebot
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious visitor arrives from outer space one night, a family dog makes an unexpected friend.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Cat partners with Dani to study crop circles, but Dani secretly aims to disprove Cat's theory, and during their investigations they discover a dangerous rival also seeking answers who will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ruby, a Black girl who loves studying insects, accidentally captures an alien bug, but when the creature escapes and starts wreaking havoc around the neighborhood, it is up to Ruby and her rag-tag group of friends to find this new invasive species before the feds do.
4) Alien summer
Author
Series
Area 51 interns volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
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 parents from alien abduction.
Author
Series
Ethan Fairmont volume 1
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius inventor, Ethan Fairmont, along with his ex-best friend Kareem, and new-kid Juan Carlos stumble across an extraterrestrial visitor they name Cheese, who is stuck on Earth in need of serious repairs, spicy snacks, and total secrecy.
Author
Series
Area 51 files volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her.
Author
Series
Agent Stitch volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After saving Paris from a Snailien invasion, Stitch and his friends are off to the big apple. People have been disappearing all over New York City, and the Galactic Detective Agency suspects that a group of shapeshifting aliens are to blame. Now it is up to Stitch to figure out what has happened to the missing people and save the day. But how do you a solve a mystery when the suspects can disguise themselves to look like anyone, maybe even your best...
Author
Series
Zips and Eeloo volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Zips and Eeloo are two aliens who think they are experts in all things human, like making hummus! But they aren’t exactly the experts they claim to be. Will Zips and Eeloo have hummus after all, or just one big, mushy mess? This graphic novel is great for readers who are just beginning their graphic novel journey!"--
10) The message
Author
Series
Animorphs (Graphic novels) volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It begins with the dreams. Cassie has been having strange nightmares of a voice calling to her from deep beneath the ocean. They're unsettling, but it isn't until Cassie discovers Tobias has been having dreams too, the exact same dreams, of a voice pleading for help -- that she decides it's time to start listening. When pieces of debris wash up on shore, marked with alien writing, the team realises they may still have allies in the fight for Earth,...
11) Extinction
Author
Series
Whispering Pines (Heidi Lang) volume 4
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After more than a year of searching, Rae finally has a lead on her missing father: he's being kept prisoner by the shady alternative energy company, Green On!. Now all she has to do is rescue him--even though that means battling her way through the alien-infested Watchful Woods to reach him. But her father isn't the only secret they have locked up, and if Rae wants to free him, she'll first have to make a deal with someone who has betrayed her in...
12) Earth school
Author
Series
Marshmallow martians volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Where's the best place on Earth for the Marshmallow Martians to learn new things? School, of course! This new graphic chapter series will delight independent readers with its hilarious second installment! Lunchboxes, recess, and gym--oh my! Without G.L.O.W., their Galactic Learning Online Whiz (which is a fancy way of saying "computer"), the Marshmallow Martians don't know where to turn for information. So they have to go to where all the cool kids...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Gina saves the world and restores the earth to what it was before magic took over"--
"Sometimes the world needs to be saved and there's only one person brave enough to do it. This time . . . that person is Gina. With the help of D.J., Hilo, one warrior cat, one warrior cat's annoying little brother, one flying Bearacat, lots of magic, lots of action, lots of laughs, and a whole world that believes in her, Gina is ready to save the world once and...
14) Museum sleepover
Author
Series
Marshmallow martians volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The Marshmallow Martians spend a night at a museum searching for a unique object to take back to Planet Moop"--Provided by publisher.
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