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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
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Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Science Fiction for Kids
Main Children's Staff Chapter Book Favorites
Middle School Battle of the Books - 2022-23
Science Fiction for Kids
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"A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children -- among them Petra and her family -- have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
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Zero Adedji dreams of joining one of the Saba guilds, groups of intergalactic travelers who explore space, retrieve lost treasures, and hunt down criminals, but he knows that's all it is: a dream. But his world is flipped upside down when he finds a strange object, a golden pyramid that houses a legendary Kobasticker called the Jupiter, and the Jupiter chooses Zero as its next host. Soon, Zero and his friends Camih and Ladi are tasked with recovering...
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"When working on the planet Cholganna, Christina falls in love with a baby nexu - a cat-like creature who's fluffiness is impossible to resist. But when she sneaks the nexu - named "Fluffernut"--Back into the dorms, Christina slowly begins to realize why it's never a good idea to take wild animals for pets. Fluffernut begins growing and growing - she'll eventually grow to be 14 feet long and 3 feet tall! Plus, she's chewing up EVERYTHING in sight....