Auch, Mary Jane. I Was a Third Grade Science Project.* (J First Chapter Books Au)
While trying to hypnotize his dog for the third grade science fair, Brian accidentally makes his best friend Josh think he's a cat.
Benton, Jim. Lunch Walks Among Us.* (J Be)
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
Bunting, Eve. Wanna Buy an Alien? (J First Chapter Books Bu)
For his eleventh birthday Ben receives an offer of a ride to the planet Cham with an alien named Iku, and when the appointed meeting time arrives he is not sure if he faces an exciting opportunity or horrible danger.
Greenburg, Dan. Dude Where's My Spaceship?* (J First Chapter Books Gr)
When their spaceship crash lands on Earth, Ploo is captured by the Army and taken to the mysterious Area 51. While her brothers, Lek and Klatu, try to rescue her, Ploo uses her ESP to make a new friend.
Greenburg, Judith. On the Dog.* (J First Chapter Books)
When ten-year-old Andrew invents a shrinking machine, he does not expect to be sucked into the machine along with his cousin - and end up in a dog's nose!
King-Smith, Dick. Harriet's Hare. (J First Chapter Books Ki)
A young girl's life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien.
Pilkey, Dav. Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot.* (J First Chapter Books Pi)
Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, saves a giant robot from his evil creator, Dr. Stinky, and in turn, the robot protects Ricky from the bullies at school and it saves the city from Dr. Stinky's plan to destroy it.
Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts! (J An)
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
Buckley-Archer, Linda. Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy.* (J Bu)
Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse.
Cameron, Eleanor. The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet.* (Classics J Ca)
Two boys build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom People.
Corder, Zizou. Lion Boy.* (J Co)
In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember.* (J Du)
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, and to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Elish, Dan. Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks. (J El)
When extraterrestrial woodchucks attack, ten-year-old Jimmy, his two-and-a-half-year-old sister, friend William, and an eccentric classmate who has built a flying saucer in her Manhattan brownstone, join forces to save the universe.
Etchemendy, Nancy. The Power of Un. (J Et)
When he is given a device that will allow him to "undo" what has happened in the past, Gib Finney is not sure what event from the worst day in his life he should change in order to keep his sister from being hit by a truck.
Fardell, John. The Seven Professors of the Far North. (J Fa)
Eleven-year-old Sam finds himself involved in a dangerous adventure when he and his new friends, brother and sister Ben and Zara, set off for the Arctic to try and rescue the siblings' great-uncle and five other professors from the mad scientist holding them prisoner.
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. (J Fa)
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.
Gaiman, Neil. Interworld. (J Ga)
At nearly fifteen years of age, Joey Harker learns that he is a Walker, able to travel between dimensions, and soon joins a team of different versions of himself, each from another dimension, to fight the evil forces striving to conquer all the worlds.
Grunwell, Jeanne Marie. Mind Games. (J Gr)
Each of the six members of Mr. Ennis's Mad Science Club presents a report of his or her experiences working on a science fair project to investigate ESP, which resulted in their winning the Maryland lottery.
Haarsma, P.J. The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1.* (J Ha)
When twelve-year-old Johnny and his sister arrive on Orbis in a space ship of orphans, he finds he has a unique ability to communicate with computers.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden.* (J Ha)
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
Hulme, John. The Glitch in Sleep.* (J Hu)
When twelve-year-old Becker Drane is recruited by The Seems, a parallel universe that runs everything in The World, he must fix a disastrous glitch in the Department of Sleep that threatens everyone's ability to ever fall asleep again.
L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.* (J Le)
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. (J Lo)
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Lynch, Christ. Cyberia (J Ly)
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.
Paulsen, Gary. The Time Hackers. (J Pa)
When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.
Pinkwater, Daniel. Hoboken Chicken Emergency. (J Pi)
Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.
Sanders, Scott Russell. The Engineer of Beasts. (J Sa)
Thirteen-year-old Mooch runs afoul of the repressive authorities controlling her floating domed city, by helping an old engineer build realistic robot animals and by seeking her spiritual roots with the wild animals left on the outside.
Sanderson, Brandon. Alcatraz Smedry Versus the Evil Librarians. (J Sa)
On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world.
Vande Velde, Vivian. The Heir Apparent. (J Va)
While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
Williams, Maiya. The Golden Hour. (J Wi)
Thirteen-year-old Rowan and his eleven-year-old sister Nina, still bereft by the death of their mother the year before, experience an unusual adventure through time when they come to stay with their two eccentric great-aunts in a small town on the Maine coast.
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