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Younger Readers

Letters from an Alien SchoolboyASQUITH, Ros
Letters from an Alien Schoolboy

Piccadilly Press 9781848120945
Flowkwee is an alien who is helping his dad study Earthlings by disguising himself as a schoolboy. Can he keep his true identity secret? And can he save the Earth from disaster?

 

 

Clone ChaosBARTRAM, Simon
Clone Chaos

Templar 9781848770324
Bob is in for a surprise, and a challenge, when he runs into... himself! A cloning machine's been invented to duplicate the best spaceman in the galaxy so Bob has to prove he is the real one in the midst of 99 other Bob lookalikes!  The fourth title in the Bob and Barry's Lunar Adventures Series.

 

Alien EscapeBASS, Guy
Alien Escape

Scholastic 9781407111223
Alien Hex gives up space invading (not that he was any good at it!) to find his long-lost father who he believes is living on Earth.  However, to reach planet Earth he must fly a spaceship, which he can’t do!  Can he make it there safely and what will he come across on the way?


 

Older Readers

Danny Danger and the Cosmic RemoteFROST, Adam
Danny Danger and the Cosmic Remote

Nosy Crow 9780857630179
Danny is given a special remote control for his birthday which can rewind and fast forward time.  Imagine being able to get into trouble, then press rewind so you can't get told off? BRILLIANT! But a villain, the Night Scientist, wants it and will do anything.  Can Danny fast forward himself out of this one? This is the first title in the series.


 

George's Secret Key to the UniverseHAWKING, Stephen & Lucy
George's Secret Key to the Universe

Corgi 9780552559584
A boy finds a secret key and travels into space, join him on his journey with his new friends next door - the scientist Eric and his daughter, Annie - and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos, which can take them to the edge of a black hole and back again.   A fun adventure through space with factual information too!

 

The TV Time TravellersJOHNSON, Pete
The TV Time Travellers

Corgi Yearling 9781405664707
Five children are catapulted back in time when they take part in a reality TV show where they have to live as in 1939.  All are in it to win it and when the final arrives, the contestants and the audience will all be stunned by what occurs.  A time travelling novel that takes the reader back to World War II.

 

One Small StepKERR, P.B.
One Small Step

Simon and Schuster 9781847383006
It's 1969 and 13-year-old Scott is a normal boy, except that he flies planes with his father, an Air Force flight instructor. After successfully crash landing a training plane, NASA call on him to take part in a secret mission, with two chimps on a test flight before the first moon landing.


 

AquilaNORRIS, Andrew
Aquila

Puffin 9780141328577
Tom and Geoff find Aquila, a time-travelling space ship while bunking off a school  field trip. The ship has been underground for 1700 years and the two boys are soon zooming through time.  What, or when, are they heading for?


 

The portalNORRIS, Andrew
The Portal

Puffin 9780141321585
When their parents mysteriously vanish William and Daniel discover an intergalactic portal.  Does this hold the secret to their parent’s disappearance? 


 

Cyber TerrorROSE, Malcolm
Cyber Terror
(Jordan Stryker Series)
Usborne 9781409509776
Jordan Stryker has unbelievable powers after Unit Red save his life with cutting-edge science.  He is now a Unit Red Agent and targeted by a cyber-terrorist who's causing havoc all over the globe.  Can the technology that saved him the first time save him now? This is the second title in the Jordan Stryker Series.

 

 

Teenage Fiction

Across the UniverseREVIS, Beth
Across the Universe

Razorbill 9780141333663
Amy she is awoken early from her cryogenic sleep while on her way to a new planet above a colony ship called Godspeed.  She is awoken suddenly when someone attempts to murder her but someone out there wants to protect her but she is all alone in space.  What are the sinister secrets within Godspeed?


 

Tomorrow CodeFALKNER, Brian
Tomorrow Code

Walker 9781406325874
Teenagers Tane and Rebecca are receiving messages from the future; messages that predict the end of the world. They have only days to decode them before the mysterious Chimera Project will wipe out the entire human race. Can they change the past and save the future?

 

 

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