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Tag Archives: aliens
Blog Tour! HOMEBOUND by John David Anderson
If you love thrilling space adventures and galactic war combined with found and real family and reflections on the meaning of life, read on! Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Tagged aliens, environment, John David Anderson, Middle Grade, pirates, space travel, youth science fiction
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BLOG TOUR: Drifters by Kevin Emerson
Here’s a creepy, relevant contemporary science fiction book by the author of Last Day on Mars. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Sci-Fi
Tagged aliens, blog tours, Kevin Emerson, mental health, youth science fiction
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The Truth about Martians and the Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray
Here’s a couple shorter takes on some more Cybils books, as I try desperately to keep up with my reading. The Truth about Martians by Melissa Savage. Crown Books, 2018. In 1947 Arizona, Mylo Affinito is still struggling to get … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Reviews, Sci-Fi
Tagged aliens, Arizona, dystopia, historical fantasy, pirates, steampunk, youth fantasy, youth science fiction
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Felix Yz
Felix Yz by Lisa Bunker. Viking, 2017. Thirteen-year-old Felix was just a toddler sitting on his scientist father’s lap when an experiment exploded. His father died, while Felix’s consciousness was fused with that of an alien, whom they call Zyx. … Continue reading
Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth
Back to Cybils-nominated books with a whimsical adventure with an alien, from the author of the updated Chitty Chitty Bang Bang books. Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Harper Collins Children’s 2017. Prez Mellows lives his … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged aliens, foster children, grandparents, memory loss, Scotland, youth science fiction
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Smek for President
It took my son and I about two months to read this book aloud together – very good value for our entertainment dollar, even if means we’re starting on Jinx’s Fire a little later than we’d hoped. I am still … Continue reading
Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn
The Cybils panel was already feeling like distant and much-missed history when I read this nominated book. I read it anyway because a) it was nominated by Karen of Ms. Yingling Reads, whom I very much respect; b) there is … Continue reading
The True Meaning of Smekday
Halfway through reading this book aloud to my son (423 pages, thank you very much), I read on Melissa of Book Nut listed this book as one of her favorite audiobooks… d’oh! We now own it on audio, and my … Continue reading