Science Fiction - Grades 4-6

Now available in paperback--the first installment of a riotous and weird new series introducing three intrepid kids who must foil a madman's plan to unleash an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world. …More

A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people. …More

"There must be some kind of mistake","Don't be so modest, Akiko", King Froptoppit said, dismissing my protests. "You were very highly recommended to me by a gentleman in the Andromeda galaxy. 'The Earthling Akiko, ' he told me, 'she's the one you need.'" …More

In Martin's domed suburb, citizens watch game shows, show their patriotism through shopping and vote daily on such issues as the color of the president's drapes. The only disruption in their lives is the presence of the aggressively argumentative genius children who comprise the suburb's youngest generation. Martin's six-year-old sister Cassie is one such Wonder Baby. …More

The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever! …More

Four kids share a secret--a homework machine. Everything is great for a while, but soon the machine becomes more powerful than they ever imagined, and even its inventor is powerless to stop it. …More

Government regulations limit families to two children each, so Luke, an illegal third-born, must live his life in secret, hidden in his family's farmhouse. Then he joins Jen, another "shadow child," for a chance to come out into the light. …More

One night a plane appears out of nowhere, the only passengers aboard: 36 babies. As soon as they are taken off the plane, they vanish. Now, 13 years later, two of those children are receiving sinister messages, and they begin to investigate their past. …More

When a frustrated plea to the universe attracts a motley crew of aliens determined to rescue him, Mike Pillsbury decides he isn't quite ready to relinquish life on Earth. Will his visitors, who all have something at stake, let him stay? …More

Charles, the youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe in this classic tale of time travel by L'Engle. …More

Suddenly orphaned and physically disabled, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. …More

On the night before Christmas, something is flying over Hamlet, Vermont, but it isn't a sleigh with reindeer. It's a UFO bearing five aliens on a mission: to free this planet from its evil dictator, a fat man in a red suit and a long white beard. …More

Talented and well-known syndicated comic strip artist Wiley Miller presents a stunningly illustrated tale of a boy who is bored by his life and ready to break free from the lighthouse he calls home. Led off by a wonderfully eccentric professor in a hot-air-balloon ship, Basil travels to another dimension where he and a new friend save the fantasy city of Helios from destruction. Full color. …More

Meet Josh Lewis, a sixth-grader at the exclusive Huckley School for Boys. Josh has some problems. His parents are separated, and his best friend, Aaron, thinks he can time-travel via computer. When Aaron vanishes into cyberspace, Josh's troubles really start. Peck skewers everything about modern life, from the information superhighway to political correctness. …More

When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster. …More

Michael's days as a happy underachiever are over when he accidentally eats a nanochip loaded with information and becomes his own worst nightmare: a know-it-all. …More

STORM is a gadget-packed, high-adrenaline adventure middle grade spy novel sure to leave readers white-knuckled and breathless. It's also the name of the ambitious organization formed by the story's three brainiac kids: Will, the loner, inventive genius, and creator of cutting-edge gadgets. Andrew, the software whiz-kid, millionaire, and fashion disaster. Gaia, the brilliant and mysterious teen chemist, fluent in French, Italian, Mandarin, and blowing stuff up. Will first scoffs at STORM's grand plans to combat global strife. But when the group uncovers a plot to create a deadly revolutionary weapon, the three race from England to Russia, determined not only to find and dismantle the weapon, but to confront the psychopathic scientist behind it all. …More