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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]()
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... -
![Independent Living by E.M. Foner]()
Independent Living by E.M. Foner
10 ratingsIn space, nobody can hear retirees complain about the food. What do a group of retirees leaving Earth and a young woman in EarthCent's new witness protection have in common? They're all going to live on Flower, an enormous alien colony vessel employed by Eccentric Enterprises to travel a circuit of far-flung human communities... -
![Hyperspace High: Crash Landing by Zac Harrison, Dani Geremia]()
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... -
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![The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Pinkwater]()
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]()
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... -
![Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw]()
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... -
![The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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 . . -
![Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
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![Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach, Annie Auerbacj]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, Joey Green]()
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]()
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... -
![Ungifted by Gordon Korman]()
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... -
![Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker]()
Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker
14 ratingsSoon to be a major motion picture starring John Cusack!Mr. Quark is a down-on-his luck pot-smuggler hiding out in the mountains of Colombia with his dog, High Pockets, and a small band of banditos led by the irascible Jose... -
![Hello, Nebulon! by Ray O'Ryan]()
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... -
![The Fifth Man by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson]()
The Fifth Man by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson
6 ratingsValkerie Jansen is tough, beautiful, and being pursued by every man on the planet. Literally. The planet in question is Mars, with a total population of four.Days before a giant dust storm is projected to strike their camp, Valkerie is attacked by an unseen assailant.Fortunately, there are only three suspects.Unfortunately, all three of them . . . are innocent... -
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![The Scholar of Moab by Steven L. Peck]()
The Scholar of Moab by Steven L. Peck
6 ratingsWinner of AML best literary novel of 2011 and a finalist for the national Montaigne Medal. What happens when a two-headed cowboy, a high school dropout, and a poet abducted by aliens come together in 1970’s Moab, Utah? The Scholar of Moab, a dark-comedy perambulating murder, affairs, and cowboy mysteries in the shadow of the hoary La Sal Mountains... -
![Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce]()
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... -
![Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville, William Dufris]()
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville, William Dufris
14 ratingsIT'S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER! "I cannot tell a lie," says Rod Allbright. And it's the truth. Ask him a question and he's bound to give you an honest answer... -
![Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson]()
Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson
12 ratings‘You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure’ Scotland on Sunday‘A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human’ Simon Pegg Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one android’s emotional awakening... -
![বিজ্ঞানী অনিক লুম্বা by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Bit Rot by Charles Stross]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
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![শাহনাজ ও ক্যাপ্টেন ডাবলু by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett]()
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... -
![The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher]()
The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher
18 ratingsThe Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak is Stonewall Book Award-winning author Brian Katcher’s hilarious he said/she said romance about two teens recovering from heartbreak and discovering themselves on an out-of-this-world accidental first date... -
![Outrageous Fortune by Tim Scott]()
Outrageous Fortune by Tim Scott
6 ratingsIn this outrageously funny, outrageously inventive debut, one of the most outrageously talented new writers to break onto the sci-fi scene in decades asks the most loaded question of all…"Don't you hate it when this happens?"…that’s what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the rich and jaded. It’s all the thieves who stole his house left behind... -
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![Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure by Harry Harrison, David Bischoff]()
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 Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel by Eric Idle]()
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... -
![Boom!: (Or 70,000 Light Years) by Mark Haddon]()
Boom!: (Or 70,000 Light Years) by Mark Haddon
18 ratingsAn explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time." From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way...
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