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Waste of Space by Stuart Gibbs, Gibson Frazier
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTensions are running high when multibillionaire Lars Sjoburg is poisoned and demands to go home and everyone is looking to Dash Gibson to solve the case, in this third and final book in the New York Times bestselling Moon Base Alpha series.Moon Base Alpha was supposed to be an exciting place to live, but Dash didn't expect for it to be this exciting...Categorized as:
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![Charlie Thorne and the Lost City by Stuart Gibbs]()
Charlie Thorne and the Lost City by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation--which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called "a real page-burner"--Charlie searches for Charles Darwin's hidden treasure in South America.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a fugitive. Charlie Thorne isn't even thirteen... -
![If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen]()
If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe much-anticipated follow-up to the E. B. White Award-winning picture book If I Built a CarIn If I Built a Car, imaginative Jack dreamed up a whimsical fantasy ride that could do just about anything. Now he's back and ready to build the house of his dreams, complete with a racetrack, flying room, and gigantic slide... -
![Video Game Agents: Book 3: Critter Crossing Catastrophe by Pixel Ate]()
Video Game Agents: Book 3: Critter Crossing Catastrophe by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetter late than never, Max and Zoe finally get some much needed new secret agent training. Their first task? Enter the game Critter Crossing to bring back something the VGA bug-catching nets. But when they enter the game, something else leaves. Oops! It’s just a tiny wasp, though. Not a big problem, right?WRONG.Tiny wasps grow into giant, angry wasps...Categorized as:
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![Video Game Agents: Book 4: A Link to the Lost by Pixel Ate]()
Video Game Agents: Book 4: A Link to the Lost by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThings are heated with the Video Game Agents and that's putting it lightly.Not only have Max and Zoe, new recruits to the VGA, gotten themselves kicked off the crew, they discovered their missing mother isn't so missing after all—and she's enemy number one of the agency.What. Is. Going. On?!Their ship/sister (yeah, it's weird) has a lead on where their mom might be...Categorized as:
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![The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders by Tracey West, Joanna Cole]()
The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders by Tracey West, Joanna Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTransported inside a sci-fi movie about giant bugs, Ms... -
![Aftershock by Mark Walden]()
Aftershock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScheming, extorting, menacing and general evilness are nothing new in the world of villainy - indeed it's expected. But there are codes of conduct. Until now. In an attempt to purge the Global League of Villainous Enterprises of its more destructive elements, Dr Nero has underestimated the cunning and resources of those who oppose him...Categorized as:
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Rogue by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe leaders of the world's villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks...Categorized as:
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![Dreadnought. Mark Walden by Mark Walden]()
Dreadnought. Mark Walden by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this action-packed H.I.V.E. adventure, the world's most powerful villains have a problem: One of their own has gone rogue.It's up to Otto to save the world from a renegade faction of the world's most powerful villains, known as the Disciples. And when they kidnap two of Otto's friends, things get personal. Otto and a few of his fellow students from H.I.V.E...Categorized as:
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![Alice: The Girl From Earth by Kir Bulychev]()
Alice: The Girl From Earth by Kir Bulychev
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA translation of Девочка с Земли into English... -
![The Villain Virus by Michael Buckley]()
The Villain Virus by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiring—and hilarious...Categorized as:
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![Pirate Spacecat Attack by Geronimo Stilton]()
Pirate Spacecat Attack by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe on board computer on spaceship MouseStar 1, Hologramix, is out of order! To fix it, Geronimo Stiltonix must take it to a brilliant inventor who lives on a distant planet... -
![Escape Velocity by Mark Walden]()
Escape Velocity by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow in paperback, a riveting installment in an action-packed series.Students and staff at H.I.V.E.—the Higher Institute of Villainous Education—are horrified to discover that Dr. Nero has been captured by the forces of H.O.P.E.—the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive—the world’s newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force...Categorized as:
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![The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter]()
The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet! by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of McFly comes a supersonic space adventure filled with planets, poop, and pandemonium!One boy, one space rocket, one very hungry dinosaur: the ingredients for an explosive space adventure of epic poop-portions! But when Danny realizes he’s forgotten Dino’s lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the... -
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![The Cheerleaders of Doom by Michael Buckley]()
The Cheerleaders of Doom by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiringâ��and hilarious...Categorized as:
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![Attack of the BULLIES by Michael Buckley]()
Attack of the BULLIES by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe grand finale to the New York Times bestselling series, Attack of the BULLIES stars Ruby Peet, aka Agent Pufferfish, the team captain with super nanobyte-enhanced allergies. Pufferfish leads the team in their latest case: the kidnapping of the president’s daughter. But the NERDS discover she hasn’t been kidnapped—she’s been recruited. Their former librarian, Ms...Categorized as:
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![Blackout by Peter Jay Black]()
Blackout by Peter Jay Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world's most lethal computer virus has been unleashed into cyberspace, and now the Urban Outlaws-five tough kids dedicated to justice-must destroy it. Leader Jack knows that they have to shut it down before it throws the world into chaos. But how can he find a virus that might be anywhere, and everywhere?Then the team meets Hector, an insanely talented hacker who even impresses Jack...Categorized as:
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![Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur]()
Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00AO8CO02Captain Arystair Savar has seen more of war in his seventeen years than most retired officers. He has been defending his home colony from the Nova Federation ever since he graduated from the Army Academy at 14 years old... -
![A Green Christmas! by Ray O'Ryan, Colin Jack]()
A Green Christmas! by Ray O'Ryan, Colin Jack
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLet it snow! Christmas is just a couple days away, and Zack can't wait to go back to Earth and have a white Christmas in Vermont. But with a cosmic storm in the forecast, the Nelsons have to cancel their travel plans and spend Christmas on their new home planet. Zack is really upset ... until the storm hits and green flakes start falling from the sky. Could they be .. -
![The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor]()
The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 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... -
![ABC-3PO: Alphabet Book by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy]()
ABC-3PO: Alphabet Book by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExperience the ABC's like never before With galactic friends who are hardly a bore. From Akbar to Zeb, this nice little primer Will teach you and make you an excellent rhymer... -
![Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle: A Mystery with Spy Cameras, Code Wheels, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder]()
Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle: A Mystery with Spy Cameras, Code Wheels, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself by Bob Pflugfelder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this third installment of the series, 11-year-old whiz-kids Nick and Tesla discover that someone in the quiet town of Half Moon Bay has placed their beloved Uncle Newt under electronic surveillance—but who is spying on him, and why? To expose the secret agent, Nick and Tesla build all kinds of outrageous contraptions...Categorized as:
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![Bloodline by Mark Walden]()
Bloodline by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis ninth book in the H.I.V.E. series concludes the high-octane adventures of the supremely talented team of criminals.As the students of H.I.V.E. face the challenges of their final year at the school, Otto Malpense is forced to confront his own legacy as a new threat rises from the shadows of his past...Categorized as:
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![Beware! Space Junk! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Beware! Space Junk! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpacemouse Geronimo Stiltonix's adventures are out of this world!MouseStar 1 is surrounded by floating space junk! It's yucky -- and dangerous. Geronimo Stiltonix tracks down the source of the junk, and meets very wasteful aliens... -
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![Jurassic World Special Edition Junior Novelization (Jurassic World) by David Lewman]()
Jurassic World Special Edition Junior Novelization (Jurassic World) by David Lewman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T... -
![Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! by Pamela Butchart]()
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! by Pamela Butchart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 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
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 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 . . -
![The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim Benton]()
The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was undoubtedly the most embarrassing moment in Franny K. Stein's young life. When someone revealed her middle name at the Science Fair award presentation, little Franny was so mortified that she decided to go back in time to change her moniker. Perhaps not surprisingly, our heroine's delightfully simple plan catapults her readers into a fourth dimension of fun... -
![Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton]()
Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 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... -
![M Is for Mama's Boy by Michael Buckley, Johnny Heller]()
M Is for Mama's Boy by Michael Buckley, Johnny Heller
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe excitement of international espionage combined with the awkwardness of elementary makes for non-stop laughs in NERDS, the hilarious series from New York Times bestselling author Michael Buckley! The last time we met the NERDS, a team of superspies operating out of their school basement, they were using their high-tech abilities to stop an evil genius from destroying the world...Categorized as:
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![Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton]()
Out of Time by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thrilling quest through the past with Geronimo Stilton and his friends. Geronimo travels through time to Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, Francis Drake, and a young Mozart...Categorized as:
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![Runaways by Diane Duane, Tom Clancy]()
Runaways by Diane Duane, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNet Force Explorer Megan O'Malley tracks her missing equestrian teammate Burtto a mysterious online courier business--a service to which many runaways aresent out, but few ever return... -
![Justice by Jeffrey Salane]()
Justice by Jeffrey Salane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fast-paced, action-packed sequel to LAWLESS.No more teachers. No more crooks!M Freeman thought she had finally found a place where she belonged: the Lawless School, where the children of master criminals trained to become master criminals themselves. She took her studies seriously, never suspecting she was a pawn in a dangerous game...Categorized as:
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![Unbelievably Boring Bart by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski]()
Unbelievably Boring Bart by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's more than meets the eye in James Patterson's newest middle grade novel-a book so fun kids will actually put down their games to listen to it!Invisible creatures are attacking the school, and 12-year-old Bartholomew Bean is the only one who can stop them!Okay, so maybe Bart is only a hero in the video game app he created... -
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![Double Cross by Beth McMullen, Kelsey Navarro]()
Double Cross by Beth McMullen, Kelsey Navarro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShannon Hale’s Princess Academy meets Stu Gibbs’s Spy School series in the third book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.Abby and her classmates have all been invited to Briar Academy to participate in The Challenge, a prep school competition where teams compete for prizes and the glory of being the best of the best...Categorized as:
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![Big Hero Six: The Junior Novelization by Walt Disney Company]()
Big Hero Six: The Junior Novelization by Walt Disney Company
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a brilliant robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada uncovers a plot by a high-tech villain in the city of San Fransokyo, he assembles a team of first-time crime-fighters to face the threat... -
![The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt]()
The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur, Jack zooms to the city that never sleeps to try to solve the mystery of the missing Allosaurus toe. Starting at the Natural History Museum, Jack's detection takes him to a competitive grade-schooler determined to win the science fair with his experiment crossing his own dog with the DNA from the bone of a dangerous, carnivorous dinosaur...Categorized as:
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![Arthur's First Sleepover: An Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown]()
Arthur's First Sleepover: An Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArthur invites Buster and the Brain to a backyard sleepover. The boys have heard rumors about alien sightings, and they run for their lives when they see strange flashing lights in the distance. Things return to normal, however, when they discover that the "alien" is from the planet D.W. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc... -
![টুকি ও ঝায়ের (প্রায়) দুঃসাহসিক অভিযান by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
টুকি ও ঝায়ের (প্রায়) দুঃসাহসিক অভিযান by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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![A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup, Dick Hill]()
A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Cheesemans are a family on the run. Mr. Cheeseman and his late wife invented a device so powerful and amazing that all sorts of evildoers want to get their greedy hands on it. Mr. Cheeseman and his three children must keep their identities secret and stay one step ahead of the villains as they run from town to town, escape dangerous situations, even change their names... -
![The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood]()
The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe critically adored, New York Times bestselling Deborah Underwood delights with a hilariously meta celebration of storytelling out of control.Every story needs a problem.But Panda doesn't have a problem.Unless . . . Panda is the problem... -
![Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox]()
Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse by Jonathan Stutzman, Heather Fox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the hilarious follow-up to Llama Destroys the World, author/illustrator team Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox give Llama another shot at saving the world…from himself, in Llama Unleashes the Alpacalypse. Llama’s back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN… this time with his best camelid, Alpaca!Llama loves cooking. And baking. And, above all, eating... -
![Space Cat by Ruthven Todd]()
Space Cat by Ruthven Todd
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans, made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a cat in a space suit... -
![Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating, Lissy Marlin]()
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating, Lissy Marlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Let the official record show that, I, Nikki Tesla, did not intend to destroy the world."There are only so many times a kid can invent an instrument of global destruction without getting grounded. So when Nikki's death ray accidentally blows up her bedroom (if you can call a pet ferret with an itchy trigger finger an accident), she's sent to the only place that can handle her...Categorized as:
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![The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin]()
The Genius Factor: How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery Friday the 13th, 6th grade genius and inventor extraordinaire Nate Bannister does three not-so-smart things to keep life interesting. This time, he taught a caterpillar math, mailed a love letter, and super-sized his cat Proton before turning him invisible... -
![Exposed by Francine Pascal, J.R. Rost]()
Exposed by Francine Pascal, J.R. Rost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInstead of choosing the good guy, I chose the bad guy. Instead of warding off the enemy, I moved in with him. And I thought the purpose of fear was to prevent you from doing stupid things...Categorized as:
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![Terror by Francine Pascal]()
Terror by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sight of blood makes my heart race. The slightest noise makes my palms sweat. A tiny spider makes my stomach drop. Everything frightens me. And I've never been happier...Categorized as:
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![The Ghost Machine by E.L. Young]()
The Ghost Machine by E.L. Young
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet swept into the second, even more explosive STORM Will, Andrew, and Gaia are a trio of teen geniuses, and they're taking Venice by STORM. All over Italy, mysterious burglaries are making headlines-news footage shows a strange, spectral form at the crime scenes. The thefts are dubbed the work of Il Fantasma: the Ghost...Categorized as:
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![The Return of Retief by Keith Laumer]()
The Return of Retief by Keith Laumer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPLANET AFTER PLANE FELL TO THE REEA vast and powerful race, the Ree needed breeding room for an ever-increasing population - and their expansion plans took no account of human territory. The farmers and miners of Tip Space were helpless against the Ree invasion. Still the Terran diplomats dithered, holding back the Navy, hoping for a truce... -
![The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi]()
The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade by Meomi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe books that launched the hit cartoon!"The crisply drafted pages bloom with fascinating detail: every tree, shadow, rock, and animal has an endearing, individual personality…the book itself is a lush visual treat." - Utne Reader"It's great to find a book that appeals to both kids and adults—even if the appeal is for different reasons... In other words, these are the best. children's book...
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