Fiction

When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.

He's been sent to Earth to study human lifeforms and their bizarre habits - from their disgusting diet (orange sticks called "carrots," flavorless liquid called "water," and the revolting substance known as "veggie dogs") to their repressive treatment of their young (forcing them to carry out menial tasks known as " ...

Molly and her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found a home, one of the Quirks slips up and sends them packing -- because the Quirk family is a bit, well, quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique, and highly unusual.

These four girls are as different as girls can be, but they all realize family and friends go a long way towards filling any hole in in your heart. And life can still be as fun as a pink donut with rainbow sprinkles! Together, the girls cope with unexpected changes, difficult feelings, tangled family ties, and more.

The AstroNuts! Lucky for us, back in the 1980s, NNASA (NotNASA) created four secret super-powered Animal Astronauts—AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug. They were built to be automatically launched into space to check out possible Goldilocks planets if things on Earth ever got too bad.

A humorous chapter book about a fourth-grade boy, full of the fun of growing up in Hawaii. Calvin Coconut lives near the beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with his mom and his little sister. All his friends live there, too.

Marvin Redpost has never felt like he fits in with his family. So when he hears a news report about a missing prince who looks just like him, he knows exactly what happened.

In Andy Riley's charming and funny King Flashypants illustrated young readers series, Edwin is a boy with his own crown and castle in his very own kingdom of Edwinland. But being a king isn't as easy as he imagined when he encounters enemies on a series of adventures.

Astra's family are all snoring in their sleeping pods, but Astra is WIDE AWAKE. With her friend, Pilbeam, she goes off exploring and soon finds out the ship is in deep trouble. It's been knocked off course and invaded by a gang of Poglites, an alien salvage crew searching for spoons. But even the Poglites need Astra's help when they discover something far more sinister lurking in the canteen... Sure, they're cakes; but no one would describe them as sweet! Another splendiferous adventure from dynamic duo, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.

Agatha and her friends live on the same street as their school. They are awakened at midnight by the sustained ringing of their school. The children enlist their parents and teachers to try and uncover the mystery. Agatha and her group wonder whether the culprit is a ghost.