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Pleskits alien friend comes to visit in this seventh book in the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework and My Teacher Is an Alien, Bruce Coville.Maktel Geebrit, Pleskits best friend from back home on Hevi-Hevi, is finally going to visit him on Earth. Pleskit is excited, but a little nervous, too. How will Maktel get along with Pleskits new friend, Tim? And just how do you cope with having two best friends on the same planet, anyway?As if that question werent enough, Pleskits Fatherly One has an off-world visitor, an elegant trader named Ellico vec Bur. But is Ellico really a friend, or is the trader also a traitor...the greatest menace that the mission to Earth has yet faced?

Brains are sizzling in the seventh grade...The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougals life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an aliens hand in a Dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer!Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulpor before the aliens try to fry the whole planet?

SOMEWHERE SNOUT IS WAITING.Rod Allbright and his alien friends face the biggest mystery of their lives: Where in the wide, wide galaxy is their missing friend Snout, the Master of the Mental Arts? Their death-defying search for their friend leads them across the stars to the Mentat, the mysterious home of the Mental Masters. But the clues they uncover there only deepen the mystery -- and the danger. For Rod and his friends have stumbled into something far bigger and more dangerous than any of them had ever dreamed. At stake are their honor, their lives, their sanity, and (just possibly) the fate of the universe.

Following the successful repackaging of Bruce Covilles My Teacher Is an Alien series, great new covers for another popular backlist series from the bestselling author.ITS THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER!I cannot tell a lie, says Rod Allbright. And its the truth. Ask him a question and hes bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher asks what happened to last nights math assignment, Rod has to give the only answer he can: Aliens ate my homework, Miss Maloney!Of course, no one believes Rod this time, so they dont bother to ask him why the aliens are here. Its just as well, since he is sworn to silence about their secret mission and the fact that he has been drafted to help them!

Kidnapped in Space?Peter Thompson has had some pretty weird teachers in his life. By the time he discovers that his newest teacher glows in the dark, hes flying away from Earth in a spaceship full of aliens, and theres no one he can call. How do you report an alien to the FBI anyway?Before Peter can do anything, hes taken on the strangest field trip of his life! His friends, his father, his schoolall are suddenly a million miles away!

Alien Invasion of Earth!Peter Thompson, a typical seventh-grader, finds himself touring the planet with his friends Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougaland three aliens in disguise!Their mission? To file the final report that will determine Earths future in the universe.As the clock ticks away the hours before their meeting in space, the tour becomes weirder and weirder. The three friends come face-to-face with a plague of poots and Big Juliethe weirdest alien yet!Meanwhile Peter discovers a secret that has been hidden for decades. Will his discovery save Earth, or is it already too late to stop the aliens from destroying the planet?

Tim and Pleskit are abducted in this eighth book in the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework and My Teacher Is an Alien, Bruce Coville.Tim Tompkins has always wanted to visit outer spacethough he didnt plan to go as a captive of a mysterious alien!But thats just what Tim, Pleskit, Maktel, and Linnsy have become: captives in an interstellar struggle for control of the galaxy. Can four kids from two very different planets learn to work together? Theyre going to have to if they want to survive on the strange new world where theyve been trapped. But even if they can stay safe, how will the ever find their way back home?

The stone toad is back! From the author of Diary of a Mad Brownie, this follow-up to the bestselling Goblins in the Castle blends laugh-out-loud humor with fantasy and edge-of-your-seat adventure.In the year since William and Fauna freed the goblins from imprisonment in Toad-in-a-Cage Castle, peace has reigned over both the human and goblin kingdoms. Then one cold night William receives a strange book from an unknown visitor, a book that leads him and Fauna to the mysterious stone toad that sits in the castles Great Hall. When an accidental spell brings the stone creature to life, the giant toad hops awaywith William between its jaws!Fauna is no match for a ten-foot-tall frog made of rock, but she has magicand a good amount of griton her side. Determined to save her friend, Fauna ventures forth on a journey through dangerous lands filled with fearsome giants, talking bears, and packs of rogue goblins. And in order to save William and reveal the mystery behind the stone toad, Fauna might have to divulge a secret that could turn her friends against her forever.

A brave squire, an earnest page, and a strong-willed princess set out on their own missions to slay the dragonputting a fresh twist on classic tropesin this repackaged edition of the illustrated middle grade fantasy TheDragonslayers.When the witch Grizelda decides to get revenge on King Mildred, she doesnt go halfway. She makes the fiercest dragon the kingdom has ever seen. Now the kingdom is in dire need of a dragonslayer.With most knights reluctant to face the fire-breathing beast, the king decides to add an incentive: whoever slays the dragon will get half his kingdom and will marry his daughter, the princess Wilhelmina (a.k.a. Willie). Two unlikely candidates take up the challenge: the squire Elizar and the young page Brian. Willie, however, has no intentions of marrying anyone, so she sets off to face the dragon herself.The quest soon becomes a race. Who will find the dragon first, and will they survive the encounter?

A SEARCH FOR TRUTH, A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE!Cara Diana Hunter is a prisoner in the underground world of the delvers! In her struggle to escape she will form a most unexpected friendship. But even if she does manage to elude the delvers, can she reach the Valley of the Centaurs in time to find the story that may hold the key to the survival of the unicorns?Elsewhere in Luster, her friend Prince Lightfoot faces painful choices as he tries to determine his own course of action. As the crisis builds, he embarks on a journey that will lead him to new discoveries, new challenges, and finally a horrifying moment of confrontation. And in the scarlet shaft of the Rainbow Prison, Ian Hunter races against time and starvation as he desperately searches for Caras mother.Old secrets are revealed and new mysteries rise in this fourth volume of the Unicorn Chronicles, which will sweep you ever deeper into a fantasy world like no other!NOTE: This is a heavily revised version of the second half of what was originally called DARK WHISPERS. It contains five new, never-before published chapters featuring Lightfoot and MGama.

KIDNAPPED TO DIMENSION X!When Rod Allbrights cousin Elspeth arrived for a visit the day after school let out for the summer, Rod thought his vacation was ruined. But after they are kidnapped to Dimension X by a monster named Smorkus Flinders, Rod realizes that Elspeth is the least of his problems. After all, whats a bratty cousin compared to cranky monsters, furious aliens, and the discovery that you are stuck in the middle of an interstellar power play? And that doesnt begin to take into account the horrifying personal decision that Rod will be forced to make before his adventures are over.

Fellow sixth graders, an alien and a human, become unlikely friends in this hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible first book in the sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework, Bruce Coville.Sixth grade can be tough. But starting sixth grade as the only alien on the planet seems impossible.When Pleskit Meenom, the son of the first alien ambassador to earth, finds out hes going to public school, hes less than thrilled. Especially after what happened on their last planet.Tim Tompkins, on the other hand, couldnt be more excited to meet a real alieneven if some of his classmates are warier of the first purple kid in their class. Tim is determined to befriend Pleskit and secretly hopes he may have finally found someone who feels as out of place as he does.But when angry mobs, cultural differences, and intergalactic plots get in the way, their friendshipand maybe even the planetcould be in danger.

BRING BACK RODS BODY! Rod Allbright has found his father -- but lost his own body! Its been stolen by BKR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which leaves Rod sharing the body of a one-eyed, blue alien named Seymour. Alas, when it comes time to go after BKR, Rod is forced to stay behind so that the little villain wont be able to get at the world-destroying secret locked in Rods brain. Stranded on an alien planet with only Madame Pong, Seymour, Snout, and his annoying cousin Elspeth for company, Rod fumes at being left behind. Little does he know hes about to be drawn into a web of alien plots that will test his courage to the utmost -- and ultimately bring him face-to-face with BKR.

Pleskit and Tim face off against the class pets in this tenth book in the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework, Bruce Coville.When the hamsters in Ms. Weintraubs room start acting strangely, everyone thinks the problem must be the alien vitamins that Pleskit has been feeding them. But even after Pleskit stops the vitamin treatments, the hamsters continue to grow bigger and stronger and crankier.Clearly, something else is at work. To find out what, Tim and Pleskit must solve a mystery, track down an enemy, and defend themselves against a trio of the most dangerous hamsters the world has ever seen!

Pleskits alien pet causes widespread panic in this sixth book in the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework and My Teacher Is an Alien, Bruce Coville.Having a pet shapeshifter might be one of the coolest parts of being from a different planet. So when Jordan accuses Pleskit of lying about his Veeblaxs abilities, Pleskit decides take his pet to classwithout asking parental permission.Bringing the Veeblax to school turns out to be a bigger mistake than Pleskit ever thought possible when it frightens his classmate Misty, causing an intergalactic incident. As the situation spins out of control, it becomes clear that Pleskit may lose his pet, his teacher may lose her job, and Earth may lose the benefits of the alien connection.Running away may be the only way for Pleskit to save the his pet. But where can you hide when youre the only purple kid on the planet? Plus, escaping may not be the best idea, because someoneor somethingis following him.

Pleskit and Tims last-minute project for the science fair leads to disaster in this fifth book in the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework, Bruce Coville.Its science fair time again, and Tim Tomkins is in trouble. Its only two days until the big event, and he hasnt finished his project! In fact, he hasnt even started it.Given Tims track record with homework, this is no big surprise. But this year Tim has a new resourcehis alien best friend, Pleskit Meenom! Surely with his super science Pleskit can help Tim come up with a knockout project for the science fair.Pleskit makes his own science project out of helping Tim, but his solution turns out to have side effects that not even an alien could have expected! Soon Pleskit is left desperately trying to answer the question, What do you do when youve just amputated your best friends personality?