Star Hatchling - by Margaret Bechard
The female-dominated culture of a distant planet encounters human beings for the first time.
Call Number: J BECHARD
Call Number: J BECHARD
Shanghaied to the Moon - by Michael J. Daley
Desperate to become a space pilot like his mother, despite his father's opposition, thirteen-year-old Stewart meets an old spacer who offers him the chance to learn AstroNav during a flight to the moon in the year 2065--and reveals some family secrets along the way.
Call Number: J DALEY
Call Number: J DALEY
Space Station Rat - by Michael J. Daley
A lavender rat that has escaped from a laboratory and a lonely boy whose parents are scientists meet on an orbiting space station, communicate by email, and ultimately find themselves in need of each other's help and friendship.
Call Number: J DALEY
Call Number: J DALEY
Away Is a Strange Place to Be - by H. M. Hoover
When she is kidnapped from Earth in 2349 to serve as a slave on an artificial world under construction, twelve-year-old Abby must cooperate with her fellow prisoner, Bryan, a spoiled rich boy, in order to plan an escape.
Call Number: J HOOVER
Call Number: J HOOVER
Alien Secrets - by Annette Curtis Klause
On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact.
Call Number: J KLAUSE
Call Number: J KLAUSE
A Wrinkle in Time - by Madeleine L'Engle
This beloved young adult classic, which begins "on a dark and stormy night," centers around misfit teen Meg Murry, who -- accompanied by her genius 5-year-old brother Charles Wallace and classmate Calvin O'Keefe -- learns how to travel through time and space via "tesseract," with the help of the mysterious trio of Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which. But Meg's goal to locate her missing scientist father proves to be much more complicated than simply hopping from planet to planet; evil forces threaten the universe, and it's up to Meg and her companions to restore the balance.
Call Number: J/YA LENGLE
Countdown - by Ben Mikaelsen
In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Masai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions.
Call Number: J MIKAELSE
Call Number: J MIKAELSE
Tria and the Great Star Rescue - by Rebecca Kraft Rector
On the planet Chiron, a girl who has been afraid to venture Outside must face germs and other frights when her mother and her holographic best friend, Star, are kidnapped.
Call Number: J RECTOR
Call Number: J RECTOR
Marco's Millions - by William Sleator
Twelve-year-old Marco's love for travel and for his younger sister Lilly, who has psychic powers, leads him to journey to other universes, gaining the ability to go wherever he wishes without growing old.
Call Number: J SLEATOR
My Trip to Alpha I - by Alfred Slote
Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel but a young boy finds out it is not without dangers.
Call Number: J SLOTE
Call Number: J SLOTE
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