Nix, Garth
Summary: Ten-year-old prodigy Eila found an alien object that allows her to control peoples' minds (for their own good, of course), and it is up to her older brother, Kim, to save her--and to save the world from her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press
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Summary: When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUBMeyer, Marissa.
Summary: "Queen Levana is 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MEYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MEYDahl, Michael
Summary: Blinded by heavy mist, a misstep causes Erro to plunge into a deep canyon where he is caught by one of the giants who is imprisoned there while Zak is plucked off the cliff ledge by a different giant--but the giants are not friendly, and while they are discussing whether to give the boys to the Alcatraz guards or turn them into lunch, Zak comes up with a way to escape either fate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHDahl, Michael
Summary: Zak Nine, his alien friend Erro, and another prisoner have found a small spacecraft and if they can dodge the missiles that the guards are firing after them perhaps they can finally escape from planet Alcatraz; but there is something wrong with the stars in front of them--they are not really stars at all, and now they find themselves confronted by Alcatraz's biggest secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHWalker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn)
Summary: Eleven-year-old Elara from the planet "Nowhere" begins school at the Academy of Terraforming Arts, where she befriends Clare, a mute intergalactic sponge, and learns how to farm in space without blowing up planets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WALLerner, Jarrett
Summary: "Alien invasion? At the end of Revenge of the EngiNerds an alien appeared and it turns out he's the real deal. He explains he was sent to Earth as an envoy to scope things out for a planned massive, futuristic billboard--which will mean demolishing the planet! Here? On Earth? In their town? Not if the EngiNerds have anything to say about it. Time to save the day and the planet!"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LERSanderson, Brandon
Summary: Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she is willing to go for victory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANMarciano, Johnny
Summary: While his evil pet cat Klawde, an exiled emperor from across the universe, faces a treasonous plot to overthrow him, Raj has to survive an even more perilous group: the students and parents of the Elba Middle School newspaper club.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MARHopper, Ada
Summary: When Dr. Bunsen's newest invention brings extraterrestrials down to Earth, can second-graders Gabriel, Laura, and Caesar, aka the DATA, keep their town from being space invaded?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC HOPBuxbaum, Julie
Summary: When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because guess what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But something even stranger is happening in Area 51--aliens are going missing. Where could they be?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUXLui, Mavis
Summary: "Meet Frank is a picture book about our unique and beautiful qualities. Frank is a curious little alien who comes from a planet where everyone looks the same: same box shape, same green color. Convinced there must be something more, Frank explores the universe and lands on Earth, where he befriends three little Earthlings who all look very different. By celebrating their unique qualities, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LUIMarciano, Johnny
Summary: Warlord cat Klawde continues to suffer in exile as Raj faces starting a new school, but a further complication arises when both are unexpectedly confronted by figures from their pasts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRAHarper, Benjamin
Summary: In this graphic version of the classic fable, Daisy the mouse proves her worth when she has to rescue Thunder the lion, overconfident leader of the resistance, from the alien invaders from Zurg, and with the aide of a secret weapon--kitties--they drive the invaders from the planet!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FARKirby, Matthew J.
Summary: The Earth is in the grip of a new Ice Age, and when twelve-year-old Eleanor's scientist mother disappears in the Arctic, Eleanor sets off on a dangerous journey to find her--and uncovers a mystery, a crime, and evidence that Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KIRSanderson, Brandon
Summary: Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANHong, C. J.
Summary: "Floof from planet Ploof has landed! And it's the reader's job to welcome him to Earth in this sweet, silly interactive picture book. Guided by scientist Dr. Greta Goodnote, who's been studying Floof's kind for years, readers will get to know this adorably fluffy alien by learning how to give a Ploofian hello, pointing out where cute animals (Floof's favorite!) are hiding, and trying to blow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2024
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Summary: When Zak, a human teenager from Earth Base Zeta, and his teenage Furling friend, Erro, stowed away on a military spacecraft they thought they were going to see a space battle--instead they ended up on the prison planet, Alcatraz, and now they are being pursued by the prison's killer drones through a jungle which may be just as deadly as any drone.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHDahl, Michael
Summary: Pursued by a killer cyborg tank and surrounded by snakes that spit fire, teenage friends Zak and Erro the furling from the planet Quom, must figure out a way to survive if they are ever to escape from the prison planet called Alcatraz--a situation they are in because they stowed away on a space ship they did not know was headed here.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHDahl, Michael
Summary: Zak has been captured and sent to Planet Alcatraz's "Monster Zoo" where the inmates are forced to fight for the entertainment of the Overseers--but Erro is still free and he is determined to use all his Quom survival skills to rescue is human friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHDahl, Michael
Summary: Captured by the sadistic guards of the prison planet Alcatraz, the two teenage friends, Zak, and the alien Erro, are placed in bottomless cages hovering over a sea of poison acid and if they fall asleep or lose their grip they will fall to their deaths--and Zak will need all of his ingenuity if he is going to figure out a way to save himself and his friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE DAHSmith-Llera, Danielle
Summary: In the distant future, when alien Hunters, masters of camouflage, terrorize humans, Rio and his friend Ani are separated from their parents while trying to leave Humanhattan for the government Fortress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LLEBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Sam, Egg, Gum and Cat, and the other members of the Franklin Middle School Science Club are on a guided tour of Greater River City Air Force Base (otherwise known as Zone 99), an aspiring science museum, and Gum is convinced that if they can sneak away from the group they will find evidence of aliens--and it is up to the reader to choose how their adventure unfolds.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017