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Provides access to the printed True Book series in the form of eBooks. There are also accompanying videos and other activities to supplement the books. This is a great resource for elementary students, in grades 3 to 6, doing research on science or social studies topics.
1) Space Boy
Author
Series
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy volume 14
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018-
Language
English
Description
Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.
2) The giver
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Description
"Jonas' life assignment is as the Receiver of Memory, where he will apprentice the Giver and become a storehouse of all the things humanity left behind when it entered utopia: color, emotion, and even more complicated secrets."--
Author
Series
5 worlds volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five imperiled worlds will be rendered extinct unless five ancient and mysterious beacons can be lit in the wake of erupting wars during which three unlikely heroes make surprising discoveries about their homes and themselves.
Author
Series
Underfoot volume 1
Publisher
Lion Forge Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It has been untold years since the Giants-That-Were disappeared, leaving behind the animals forever changed by their strange science. Now, granted the gifts of intelligence and self-awareness, the valiant Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries struggle to keep their horde alive in the dangerous new world. H.A.M. has been hired to save their badger allies from dangerous flooding, but first they'll need new recruits.
5) Mission Moon
Author
Series
CatStronauts volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
7) Field trip
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Sanity and Tallulah are separated from their classmates during a disastrous field trip to a mining planet, they must rely on their creativity and problem-solving skills to save the day.
Author
Series
Stone Rabbit volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When an alien shape-shifter named Melvin the Plutarkian has Stone Rabbit tried for crimes Melvin committed and then wreaks havoc on Happy Glades, Stone Rabbit must find a way to get home and save his town and his friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sanity and Tallulah live in a space station at the end of the galaxy. When Sanity's illegally created three-headed kitten escapes, the girls have to turn their home upside down to find her in this graphic novel"--
10) The emerald gate
Author
Series
5 worlds (Mark Siegel) volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the epic conclusion to the 5 Worlds series, the final battle looms as Oona, Jax, and An Tzu travel to the treacherous world of Grimbo (E)! There, Oona must light the last beacon to save the 5 Worlds, but first she has to find it! When Jax saves an old friend, Oona is given a clue to the green beacon's location. Unfortunately, the journey to lighting it on this strange, watery planet is the most dangerous yet. Meanwhile, Stan Moon has one more trick...
11) Earth to aliens
Author
Series
Arcade World volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Travis, Journey, and their new pal, Devonte, embark on a new adventure that takes them off-planet and into distant outer space as a new game, Earth to Aliens, sets up a galactic battle between old friends and new enemies"--
Author
Publisher
BIG, an imprint of Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Children’s New Books: April 2023 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Children's Special Topics: STEAM
Children's Recommended: Graphic Novels for 7th & 8th Grades
Children's Special Topics: STEAM
Description
A teenager desperate to pass his Biology final is visited in the night, Christmas Carol-style, by the spirits of some of the greatest scientists in history. Trevor suffers from an ailment common among high schoolers: apathy. He snoozes through science class, distrusts his teachers, and would rather stay up all night playing video games than studying for his upcoming science quiz. With an "F" in Biology looming ominously in Trevor's near future unless...
Author
Series
Space-time (Jeffrey Brown) volume 1
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Jide has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Petra, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet.
Author
Series
5 worlds volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: 2022 Recent Graphic Novels and Comics Additions
Children's New Books: June 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Children's New Books: June 2022 Graphic Novels and Comics
Description
Sisters Jessa and Oona, and new friend Ram Sam Sam, try to stop the Cobalt Prince from Toki, who orders a strike on Mon Domani, starting a new war between the worlds.
15) Born to run
Author
Series
Last pick volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A galaxy away from her twin brother Wyatt, Sam must find a way to resist her captors and hold onto her humanity, while Wyatt leads a ragtag army to bring the fight straight to the alien overlords."--
16) Zombie Invaders
Author
Series
Arcade World volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Another video game comes to life, pitting Travis and Journey against zombies, but can the best friends finish the game when it keeps glitching and Journey's handy survival guide is destroyed?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Special Topics: Comics or Graphic Adaptations of Well Known Books
Description
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack -- who has already killed Bod's family.
Author
Series
Dream jumper volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, An Imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ben and Jake are back for more. With the Dream Jumper business making them some serious money, all seems to be going great. But Ben is put to the test in a way he never saw coming when a new and formidable foe invades his nightmares. With Jake backing him up and a mysterious newcomer in the Dream World, Ben may have a chance to overcome this new evil. He just has to keep his friends safe long enough to figure out how!
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Tommy isn't an ordinary seventh grader. He and his family are refugees from the center of the earth, lizard people disguised as humans to blend in on the surface. Fitting in at middle school is tough, even if you don't prefer bugs for lunch. At the outcast table, Tommy finds his first human friends: Dung Tran, whose scientist parents have come from Vietnam to investigate the town's mysterious sinkholes, and Scarlett Roberts, the quirky daughter of...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world."--
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