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Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex
14 ratingsIt's midnight and the moon is full, but Darth Vader isn't scared. OF COURSE I AM NOT SCARED. Nothing can scare Lord Vader! CORRECT. Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark. So what is Darth Vader scared of? Read on in Adam Rex's hilarious and spooky Star Wars tale to find out! YOU WILL LEARN NOTHING... -
The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
15 ratings"The following three stories have appeared earlier in Boys' Life: 'The Unidentified Flying Man of Mammoth Falls,' 'The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake,' and 'Night... -
William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Box Set by Ian Doescher
8 ratingsMay the verse be with you! Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this retelling of George Lucas’s Star Wars® Trilogy in the style of the immortal William Shakespeare. This Royal Imperial Boxed Set includes all three volumes in the original trilogy: Verily, A New Hope; The Empire Striketh Back; and The Jedi Doth Return... -
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem
25 ratingsA brilliantly funny collection of stories for the next age, from the celebrated author of Solaris. Ranging from the prophetic to the surreal, these stories demonstrate Stanislaw Lem's vast talent and remarkable ability to blend meaning and magic into a wholly entertaining and captivating work... -
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Hyperspace High: Crash Landing by Zac Harrison, Dani Geremia
6 ratingsWhen John Riley gets on the wrong bus, he ends up at an elite academy on an enormous space ship, where his classmates are aliens, the food is disgusting, and the penalty for failing exams is harsh... -
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Pinkwater
10 ratingsWalter and Winston set out to rescue the inventor of the Alligatron, a computer developed from an avocado which is the world's last defense against the space-realtors...Categorized as:
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ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra
10 ratingsঘনাদা বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি জনপ্রিয় কাল্পনিক চরিত্র। ১৯৪৫ সালে প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র এই চরিত্রটি সৃষ্টি করেন। ঘনাদার প্রকৃত নাম ঘনশ্যাম দাস। ঘনাদা তাঁর মেসের প্রতিবেশী চার যুবককে নিজের জীবনের নানা অভিযান সম্পর্কে অবিশ্বাস্য ও আজগুবি গল্প মুখে মুখে বানিয়ে শোনান। ঘনাদার গল্পগুলি বানানো হলেও, এর অধিকাংশ তথ্যই বাস্তব ভিত্তিতে গৃহীত।সূচী: ১. ঘনাদার গল্প২. অদ্বিতীয় ঘনাদা ৩. আবার ঘনাদা৪. ঘনাদাকে ভোট দিন৫... -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase by Douglas Adams
10 ratingsWhen the Earth is unexpectedly demolished, Arthur Dent finds The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy an essential companion... -
Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
15 ratingsThe hero of Will Save the Galaxy for Cash returns to do what he does best. Which is - what again, exactly?With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe... -
Back To The Future by George Gipe, Robert Zemeckis
16 ratingsBased on a screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gule.HE WAS NEVER IN TIMEFOR HIS CLASSES...HE WASN'T IN TIME FOR HIS DINNER...THEN ONE DAY...HE WASN'T IN HIS TIME AT ALL... -
The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor
6 ratingsOnly a few years ago (1950s) we walked on solid earth. Today we whirl through space. Space is big. It is not cozy. But with these verses and drawings... cheerfulness breaks in. Suddenly, science seems merry. And space begins, with the rhyme on page 1, to feel a little more like home. A witty collection of 1950's space age poetry accompanied by clever black and white line drawings by Marian Parry... -
Back to the Future by Kim Smith
8 ratingsGreat Scott!! The latest in Quirk's series of Pop Classic Picture Books (following HOME ALONE, THE X-FILES, and E.T... -
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! by Pamela Butchart
8 ratingsOne day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair... -
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
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Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton
14 ratingsFranny's mom says every mad scientist needs a lab assistant. So for Valentine's Day Franny gets just that -- a Lab assistant. Except Igor isn't a pure Lab. He's also part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle, part spaniel, part shepherd -- and all thumbs. Franny is fuming. She doesn't even need an assistant... -
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
18 ratingsThis humorous tale describes how aliens, rather than visiting Earth to take over the planet, really visit to steal your pants... -
Operation Sherlock by Bruce Coville
6 ratingsWhen their scientist parents are assigned to a top secret project on a small, remote island, the five members of the A.I. Gang have to come along, and find themselves trying to stop a spy from destroying the project... -
Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach, Annie Auerbacj
6 ratingsA smart, funny junior novelization of Despicable Me, an animated movie about "world's greatest villain" Gru, coming from Universal Studios in Summer 2010! Includes a color insert of stills from the... -
The Second Fredric Brown Megapack: 27 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds
6 ratingsFredric Brown (1906-1972) is perhaps best remembered for his use of humor and his mastery of the "short-short" form (these days called flash fiction) -- stories of one to three pages, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. (He also wrote excellent short stories and novels... -
Aye, Robot by Robert Kroese
8 ratingsAfter interstellar con man Rex Nihilo hijacks a cargo freighter on a whim, he decides that he and his long-suffering robot sidekick Sasha have found their calling as space pirates... -
The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő
8 ratingsA combination of thriller and love story, The Blonde Hurricane centers around the race to find a priceless family jewel concealed in a statuette of Buddha that an international band of crooks are after -- and so is Miss Evelyn Weston, the Blonde Hurricane, and without her knowledge, Eddy Rancing, who is in love with her, plus a host of others... -
Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, Joey Green
8 ratingsJames Patterson's rollicking new middle grade novel is a hilarious adventure into a futuristic world, where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain gray jumpsuits he wears everyday... -
I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence! by Richard Roberts
8 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain comes the story of Spider, Mourning Dove, Goodnight, Mish-Mosh, and Psychopomp! Before there was Bad Penny and the Inscrutable Machine... there was TEAM TINY! Being a superhero should be fun... -
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Ungifted by Gordon Korman
27 ratingsThe word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's finally gone too far... -
The Notebooks of Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein
17 ratingsToo young to fight in the First World War, but destined to lead the first successful expedition to another star system, the (literally) immortal Lazarus Long is the most popular and enduring character created by Robert A. Heinlein, author of numerous New York Times best sellers... -
Hello, Nebulon! by Ray O'Ryan
10 ratingsGet to know Galaxy Zack—and his new home planet!In Hello, Nebulon!, Zack makes the big move from Earth... -
Voyage to Kazohinia by Sandor Szathmari
6 ratingsA page-turning dystopian classic that stands alongside Brave New World and Gulliver's Travels.Voyage to Kazohinia is a tour de force of twentieth-century literature--and it is here published in English for the first time outside of Hungary. Sándor Szathmári's comical novel chronicles the travels of a modern Gulliver on the eve of World War II... -
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
18 ratingsLiam is too big for his boots. And his football strip. And his school blazer. But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force defying Cosmic rollercoaster - or be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space... -
My Teacher Flunked the Planet by Bruce Coville
14 ratingsALIEN INVASION OF EARTH!Peter Thompson, a typical seventh-grader, finds himself touring the planet with his friends Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougal, and three aliens in disguise! Their mission? To file the final report that will determine Earth's future in the universe. As the clock ticks away the hours before their meeting in space, the tour becomes weirder and weirder... -
The Technicolor Time Machine by Harry Harrison
12 ratingsWhy pay for costumes, scenery, props or actors when the most brilliant drama of all time is unfolding before your very eyes, in vivid color - in 1050 A.D.? Just the film crew of that stupendous motion picture saga Viking Columbus as they journey back in time to capture history in the making... -
বিজ্ঞানী অনিক লুম্বা by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
12 ratingsফ্ল্যাপে লিখা কথাএকজন মানুষ, যার বয়ষ প্রায় আমার বয়সের কাছাকাছি, তাকে হঠাৎ করে একটা নতুন নাম দিয়ে দেয়াটা এত সোজা না। হেজিপেজি মানুষ হলেও একটা কথা ছিল কিন্তু অনিক লুম্বা মোটেও হেজিপেজি মানুষ নয়, সে রীতিমতো একজন বিজ্ঞানী মানুষ, তাই কথা নেই বার্তা নেই সে কেন আমার দেয়া নাম দিয়ে ঘোরাঘুরি করবে? কিন্তু সে তাই করেছে, আমি নিজের চোখে দেখেছি কেউ যদি তাকে জিজ্ঞেস করে, “ভাই আপনার নাম?” সে তখন সরল মুখ... -
নাট বল্টু by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
12 ratingsপৃখিবীর নানা রকম প্রশ্নের উত্তর পাওয়ার জন্য সে যে শুধু তার বাবা-মাকে প্রশ্ন করে আর হাতে-কলমে পরীক্ষা করে দেখে সেটা সত্যি নয়, সে খাঁটি বিজ্ঞানীর মতো অনেক পড়াশোনা করে। মা তাকে গল্প শোনালে সে চোখ বড় বড় করে মুগ্ধ হয়ে গল্প শোনে। বানিয়ে বানিয়ে গল্প শোনাতে শোনাতে এক সময় রিতুর রসদ ফুরিয়ে গেল। তখন সে বল্টুকে বই থেকে গল্প পড়ে শোনাতে শুরু করল, আর সেটাই হলো সর্বনাশ। বইয়ের দিকে তাকিয়ে তাকিয়ে... -
2095 by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
10 ratingsEveryone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor... -
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Bit Rot by Charles Stross
6 ratingsA short story set in the "Freyaverse", between "Saturn's Children" and "Neptune's Brood"... -
My Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce Coville
14 ratingsBrains are sizzling in the seventh grade...The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal's life... -
Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin
10 ratingsAt the farthest reaches of the solar system, aboard orbiting space station Auriga, the unthinkable has happened. Ripley awakes. Her last memory is of her own fiery death on the prison colony Fiorina 361. And yet she is alive. Her questions grow as she notices her body stronger and fiercer than she ever remembers... -
শাহনাজ ও ক্যাপ্টেন ডাবলু by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
10 ratingsমহাজাগতিক প্রাণীটি যে ভাসমান যানটাতে উঠল সে রকম যান সায়েন্স ফিকশানের সিনেমাতেও দেখা যায় না। সেটি একটি মাইক্রোবাসের মতো বড় আর যন্ত্রপাতিতে বোঝাই। চকচকে ধাতব রঙের, দুই পাশে ছোট ছোট দুটি পাখা, মাথাটা সুচালো। পিছনে গেলে একটা ইঞ্জিন। ভিতরে পাশাপাশি তিনটা সিট। মাঝখানে মহাজাগতিক প্রাণীটা বসেছে, দুই পাশে শাহনাজ আর ক্যাপ্টেন ডাবলু। ভাসমান যানটা শুরু করার আগে শাহনাজ ভয়ে ভয়ে বলল, “এটা বেশি ঝাঁকাবে না... -
Peace Force by Simon Haynes
10 ratingsLibrarian's Note: Alternate cover of ISBN: 9781370116768Harriet Walsh is desperate for work, but when an intergalactic crime-fighting organisation offers her a job she's convinced it's a mistake. She dislikes puzzles, has never read a detective mystery, and hates wearing uniforms... -
My Teacher Glows in the Dark by Bruce Coville
16 ratingsKidnapped in Space?Peter Thompson has had some pretty weird teachers in his time. By the time he discovers that his newest teacher glows in the dark, he’s flying away from Earth in a spaceship full of aliens and there’s no one he can call. How do you report an alien to the F.B.I...Categorized as:
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Run Program by Scott Meyer
14 ratingsWhat’s worse than a child with a magnifying glass, a garden full of ants, and a brilliant mind full of mischief?Try Al, a well-meaning but impish artificial intelligence with the mind of a six-year-old and a penchant for tantrums... -
Glory Lane by Alan Dean Foster
14 ratingsTHE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE IS IN THEIR HANDSSeeth, a bored punk rocker looking for excitement. Miranda, an air-head beauty who lives to shop. And Kerwin, a nerd who just wants to fit in.They're not friends, and they don't even particularly like each other. But now this unlikely trio is the key to saving the universe. And they're in for the adventure of a their lives... -
Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels
6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereIn Teleport This, Simon and Gilbert, two terrestrial physicists, leave Earth and stumble into and across a larger universe, trying desperately to find their way back to Earth in one piece while possibly purchasing a working lightsaber or two along the way... -
My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville
21 ratingsSixth grade is just out of this world!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 realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien! At first no one will believe her except Peter Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Susan discover Mr...Categorized as:
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Mindswap by Robert Sheckley
14 ratingsIn the future, interstellar travel to alien worlds will be too expensive for most ordinary people. It certainly is for Marvin, a college student who wants to take a really good vacation. And so he signs up for what he can afford, a mindswap, in which your consciousness is swapped into the body of an alien lifeform... -
Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
24 ratingsIt's just a game . . . isn't it?The alien spaceship is in his sights. His finger is on the Fire button. Johnny Maxwell is about to set the new high score on the computer game Only You Can Save Mankind.Suddenly, a message appears:We wish to talk. We surrender... -
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure by Harry Harrison, David Bischoff
10 ratingsBILL--the perfect Spaceship Trooper: big, brawny & brainwashed. BILL--the perfect hero: ready to go anywhere, do anything to save his own neck, which is probably the only part of his body that is still his own... -
The Last Time Traveler by Aaron J. Ethridge
10 ratingsRobert is a time traveler. In point of fact, he's the last time traveler. He managed to snag that impressive title because when he comes from has no future. This, as you can imagine, makes it much easier to be the last of any number of things. The current lack of future is due to the mess all his predecessors, the previous time travelers, made of things... -
The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel by Eric Idle
14 ratingsWith Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle proved he was one of the funniest people in the world. And with The Road to Mars he reaffirms this with a raucously sidesplitting vengence.Muscroft and Ashby are a comedy team on "The Road to Mars," an interplanetary vaudeville circuit of the future... -
Bill: The Galactic Hero On The Planet Of Robot Slaves by Harry Harrison
12 ratingsBill would give his right arm to defend his Emperor against the alien Chingers - which is lucky seeing as he has two of them... War demands sacrifices, and if you've lost one left arm, have an artificial foot and a set of nifty surgically-implanted tusks, it's a small price to pay for the privilege of being a hero...
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