Books

Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson
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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.

Mystery Machine by Herbie Brennan
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Hubert accidentally discovers that the weird woman who moved in next door is really a member of an alien race that plans to take over Earth.

Franny K. Stein: Attack of the 50 Foot Cupid (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series #2) by Jim Benton

This book was published in 2004. It has 102 pages. 
Franny K. Stein is an awesome story about a girl who has never heard of Valentine’s Day. Franny, the girl, makes a machine that made a Valentine’s Day card come alive. So Franny fights cupid and fails. She got a dog that is a wimp. He actually saved the day because he bit cupid on his butt. If you like books about kid mad scientists you might like this science fiction book. I recommend this book because it is really good. It’s good because there is action in it, and I love action books. This is a very good book. I give it stars. It is recommended for students in 3rd and 4th grade. 
Reviewed by Joey O. in Mr. Alnwick and Mrs. Katz’s 4th grade class.

The Invisible Fran (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series #3) by Jim Benton
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This book was published in 2004.  It has 101 pages.
The book is a wonderful story about a girl that is a mad scientist that turns herself invisible. Franny is the main character. The setting of the story is in school and at Franny's house. Franny is new in school and she wants friends, but she is different then everybody. In the story Franny tries to make her new friends mad scientists, but Franny said that they didn’t do good so they couldn’t be mad scientists. Instead they quit and built a robot to destroy Franny. If you like books about humor that’s about mad scientists you might like this sci-fi book I recommend this story because it is funny, exciting, and it’s interesting. The book is funny because a little girl is really smart. The book is exciting because of the action in the story. The book is also interesting because Franny makes interesting experiments. 
This is a fantastic book, I give it  stars. 
Reviewed by Danielle G.

The Fran that Time Forgot (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series #4) by Jim Benton
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This book was published in 2005. It has 102 pages. 
The Fran that Time Forgot is a fabulous story about a girl and she turned into a baby then she turned into a teenager. The first thing that happened was that Franny was inventing different machines. Then Franny didn’t want her teacher to say her middle name because it was embarrassing. Then Franny went back in time to change her middle name. She saw her when she was a baby. Then she went into the future and saw her when she was older and her house was messed up, and she took over the world. Read the book to find out if she saves the world. If you like books about about evil and funny people then you might like this humorous book. I recommend this story because it is funny. It is also a good book because it has a good author. It is good because it is creative. A creative thing that happened was when Franny found a way how to a defeat the robots. This is a fantastic book, I give it   stars. It is recommended for students in second grade and up. 
Reviewed by Danielle G. in Mrs. Skerritt’s fifth grade class.

Franny K. Stein the Fran That Time Forgot is a wondrous story about Franny, a girl that’s middle name was gross so she went back in time to change her middle name to Kaboom and everything goes wrong. If you like books about mad science you might like this science fiction book. I recommend this story because it is pretty cool how they used time travel. This was a very scientific and wonderful book. I give it it is recommended for students in second and third grades. 
Reviewed by Dylan G. in Mr. Alnwick and Mrs. Katz’s fourth grade class.

The Computer Nut by Betsy Byars
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Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon.

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron
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A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people.

When the Tripods Came by John Christopher
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Fourteen-year-old Laurie and his family attempt to flee England when the Tripods descend from outer space and begin brainwashing everyone with their hypnotic Caps.

Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe by Judy Cox
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Sam moves to Nevada with his uncle to run a cafe in the middle of nowhere; his clientel consists of some strange characters, including Dorothy and Toto, Elvis, and Bigfoot.

The Bailey School Kids: Aliens Don’t Wear Braces by Debbie Dadey
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The Bailey School kids are going to find out if the art teacher with braces on her teeth is really an alien from outer space.

The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle by David Elliot
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The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle is a strange story about a boy named Roscoe Wizzle who is turning into a bug. The three kids are mysteriously turning into bugs, including Roscoe Wizzle. This story is full of crazy and exciting characters. If you like books about people changing humorously you might like this sci-fi book. I recommend this story because the book is good, it's weird, and adventurous. 
This is a positive book, I give it stars.
Reviewed by Andrew M.

The Iron giant: A Story in Five Nights by Ted Hughes
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It was published in 1999. It has 79 pages. 
The Iron Giant is an exciting story about a robot meeting a boy. When I read the first chapter I was amazed by the book. One of the characters is a farmer boy named Hogarth. He is the only person in the world that cares about the Iron Giant. At the end everything turns out ok. I give the book  stars . It really sucks you into the book. 
Reviewed by Kyle B. in Mr. Murray’s 5th Grade class

Harriet’s Hare by Dick King-Smith
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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.

Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen
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In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions.

Time Warp Trio: The Good the Bad and the Goofy by Jon Scieszka
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This book is a superb story about three kids that get time warped.  The characters in this book are very funny and are great friends. The problem in this book is that the three characters get time warped with a book and green smoke back into 1868.  Oh no! What if they can't find the book to get back?  While they were back in time they ran into Indians that had the book to get back to the future.  If you like  books about magic and funny things you might like this science fiction book. I recommend this story because this book never gets boring and there's always something going on.  
This is an adventurous book, I give it stars.
Review by Justin E.

Time Warp Trio: Your Mother Was a Neanderthal by Jon Scieszka
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Your Mother Was a Neanderthal  is about Joe, Sam, and Fred.  They go back in time to 40 years B.C. Joe is the leader of Sam and Fred. The boys have a book that sends them back in time. In this book, in the Time Warp Trio series, they are in the time of the dinosaurs, they have to try to get back to the year they were in at the beginning. While they were there they meet apes, cave girls, and mammoths. If you like time travel books you might like this science fiction book. I recommend this story because it’s a excellent setting, awesome characters and it’s a super book.
This is a awesome book, I give it !
Reviewed by Steven P.

The Case of the Vanishing Spaceship by Jane Watson
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Rick accompanies his father to Alaska to investigate mysterious electronic signals which may be coming from an unidentified flying object that has been sighted in the area. 

Series books

Animorphs series
By K. A. Applegate
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Franny K. Stein series
By Jim Benton       
FIC BEN

Goners series

By Jamie Simons & E. W. Scollon
FIC SIM

Alien Adventure series,
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien series,
Space Brat series 
By Bruce Coville
FIC COV

Magic Tree House series
By Mary Pope Osbourne
FIC OSB