 | Science Fiction for Grades 3–5Books can be found in Children's (J) Fiction, shelved by the author's last name. |
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Anderson | Whales on Stilts Racing against time, shy Lily and her best friends must foil a madman's plot to conquer the world using an army of whales. (188 pp.) | J Anderson |
| Bransford | Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow Jacob and his friends find a spaceship crashed in the woods, leading them on a series of adventures. (281 pp.) | J Bransford |
| Brown | Stanley in Space When a far-off planet sends a message to Earth, the President of the United States asks Stanley to be his ambassador. (102 pp.) | J Brown |
| Chang | Celia's Robot Surprised by her father's gift of a robot, Celia comes to appreciate its help...until it suddenly mysteriously disappears. (211 pp.) | J Chang |
| Coville | I Was a Sixth Grade Alien Tim makes friends with an alien ambassador's son, and they uncover a plot to sabotage an interplanetary mission. (170 pp.) | J Coville |
| Crilley | Akiko on the Planet Smoo Akiko is whisked away to a distant planet and put in charge of a mission to rescue the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit. (162 pp.) | J Crilley |
| Daley | Space Station Rat An escaped lavender lab rat and a lonely boy meet on an orbiting space station and become friends. (181 pp.) | J Daley |
| Fields | Lunchbox and the Aliens Lunchbox is an ordinary basset hound until he is abducted by aliens and zapped by a mental enhancer. (183 pp.) | J Fields |
| Haddon | Boom!: (Or 70,000 Light Years) When Jim and Charlie overhear their teachers talking in a secret language, the two friends set out to solve the mystery. (194 pp.) | J Haddon |
| Hawking | George's Secret Key to the Universe George and his friend travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they must evade an evil scientist. (297 pp.) | J Hawking |
| King-Smith | Harriet's Hare Harriet's life on an English farm changes when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien. (104 pp.) | J King-Smith |
| L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time Meg and her friends search across time and space for her father, who disappeared while doing secret experiments. (211 pp.) | J L'Engle |
| McElligott | Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! Victor discovers both a secret laboratory and Benjamin Franklin, who comes to life after receiving a jolt of electricity. (121 pp.) | J McElligott |
| Pinkwater | Lizard Music Victor becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of an invasion from outer space. (157 pp.) | J Pinkwater |
| Reisman | Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper Simon finds a book that enables him to control the laws of physics, which he needs when two thugs come after him. (256 pp.) | J Reisman |
| Rex | The True Meaning of Smekday After aliens invade Earth, Tip drives her mother's car to Florida with her cat and a renegade extraterrestrial named J. Lo. (423 pp.) | J Rex |
| Roberts | The Girl with Silver Eyes Katie discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are other kids like her. (181 pp.) | J Roberts |
| Schmid | Lost Time Violynne, the daughter of archaeologists on the planet Lindos, must solve the puzzle of her parents' disappearance. (169 pp.) | J Schmid |
| Scrimger | The Nose from Jupiter A small, squeaky-voiced alien from Jupiter takes residence in Alan's nose, with surprising and funny results. (156 pp.) | J Scrimger |
| Service | My Cousin, the Alien Zack wonders if he is an alien prince sent to Earth, who is now being chased by enemy aliens disguised as bald, fat men. (152 pp.) | J Service |
| Smith | Aliens on Vacation Scrub must keep the odd guests at his grandmother's Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast in line—and keep the nosy sheriff away! (251 pp.) | J Smith |
| Van Eekhout | The Boy at the End of the World Fisher must journey across a future America inhabited by highly evolved predators, alone except for the robot Click. (212 pp.) | J Van Eekhout |
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Wilmette Public Library Youth Department
www.wilmettelibrary.info/kids Last Updated 2/12 |