Younger Readers (K-2nd) | Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th) | Older Readers (5th & Up)
| Richie’s Rocket Richie builds a rocket on the roof of his apartment building and flies to the moon, where he explores to his heart's content. |
Anderson, Joan. |
| Minnie and Moo Save the Earth (series) While relaxing in the farmer's hot tub, two cow friends unknowingly thwart an alien invasion and save the planet. |
Cazet, Denys |
| Noah and the Space Ark Many years in the future when the Earth has become too polluted to support life, Noah and his family build a space ark and take the animals and plants that are still surviving to search for a new home. |
Cecil, Laura |
| The Trouble with Gran Gran, who is secretly an extraterrestrial being, livens up a trip to the seaside taken by a group of school children and senior citizens. |
Cole, Babette |
| Space Witch Tilly Ipswitch, Queen of Halloween, decides to spend Halloween frightening creatures on other planets. |
Freeman, Don |
| Hugo and the Space Dog A wandering dog is refused a watchpost by the farm animals until a space visitor proves the need for a watchdog. |
Lorenz, Lee |
| Space Spinners Kate convinces her sister Arabelle to join her in sneaking aboard the space shuttle so that they can be the first spiders to spin a web in space. |
MacDonald, Suse. |
| Jed and the Space Bandits Jed's Junior Space Patrol helps Molly, a girl who can turn invisible, to rescue her parents from bandits. |
Marzollo, Jean |
| Ruthie’s Rude Friends Ruthie and her parents are the only Earthlings on Planet X-10 and she is very homesick until she meets two creatures named Pig and Fish who help her escape from a three-headed beast. |
Marzollo, Jean |
| I’m Coming to Get You After eating all the planets in outer space, a horrible monster gets a big surprise when it comes to Earth and tries to capture a little boy. |
Ross, Tony |
| Alistair in Outer Space When Alistair is kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, his main concern is for his overdue library books. |
Sadler, Marilyn |
| The Long Blue Blazer The new boy in class wears a long blue blazer which he refuses to take off for any activity. Only later does a classmate inadvertently discover his secret. |
Willis, Jeanne |
| Commander Toad in Space The intrepid crew of the space ship "Star Warts" lands on a water-covered planet inhabited by Deep Wader, a horrible hungry monster |
Yolen, Jane |
| Company’s Going After inviting two spacemen to stay for dinner, Shirley and Moe are asked to return with them to their planet Nextoo to cater their sister's rather large wedding |
Yorinks, Arthur |
Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th)
| Flat Stanley (series) After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages |
Brown, Jeff |
| The Lemonade Trick (series) A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial effect on the neighborhood bully but also wreaks havoc at the Sunday School pageant. |
Corbett, Scott |
| Space Brat (series) The piece of eggshell that got stuck behind his ear the day he was hatched made Blork cry, but baby Splatoons aren't supposed to cry. So Blork got a brat label stuck on his head. Soon Blork really is a brat--the worst on the planet Splat. |
Coville, Bruce |
| Aliens for Breakfast Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class. |
Etra, Jonathon |
| Top Secret Despite the disapproval of his parents and his formidable science teacher, nine-year-old Allen determines to do his science project on human photosynthesis. |
Gardiner, John |
| Virtually Perfect When twelve-year-old Yip uses his father's new software to make a computer simulation of a boy his age, the creation breaks out of cyberspace into the real world and begins to complicate Yip's life. |
Gutman, Dan |
| The Girl Who Could Fly Nine-year-old Adam doesn't want anything to do with the new girl next door, but as he gets to know more about her and her unusual abilities, they become best friends. |
Hooks, William |
| The Iron Giant The Iron Giant is a modern fantasy about a massive giant who stalks the earth devouring metal, terrifying farmers and townspeople everywhere. Despite his insatiable hunger, the Iron Giant is quite gentle and good-natured, though the townspeople are too frightened of him to realize it. |
Hughes, Ted |
| Nova’s Ark Nova, a robot boy from the planet Roton, accidentally rockets himself into space during a class field trip and eventually stumbles across the energy source his planet needs for survival. |
Kirk, Daniel |
| The Green Book As their small stock of essential supplies dwindles, a group of refugees from earth struggle to make their strange new planet provide life's necessities. |
Paton Walsh, Jill |
| Stinker from Space An agent of the Sylon Confederacy, fleeing from enemy ships, crash lands on Earth, transfers his mind to the body of a skunk, and enlists the aid of two children in getting back to his home planet. |
Service, Pamela |
| The Computer Nut Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soonTen-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soonTen-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon |
Byars, Betsy |
| The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet A mystery man inspires two boys to build a space ship which takes them to the planet of Basidium to help the Mushroom people. |
Cameron, Eleanor |
| The White Mountains (series) Young Will Parker and his companions make a perilous journey toward an outpost of freedom where they hope to escape from the ruling Tripods, who capture mature human beings and make them docile, obedient servants |
Christopher, John |
| I Was a Sixth Grade Alien When aliens come to Earth on an interplanetary trade mission, sixth-grader Tim makes friends with the ambassador's son and together they uncover a plot to sabotage the mission. |
Coville, Bruce |
| This Place Has No Atmosphere Aurora loves her life on Earth in the twenty-first century, until she learns that her family is moving to the colony on the moon. |
Danziger, Paula |
| The City of Ember (series) In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. |
DuPrau, Jeanne |
| Among the Hidden (series) In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| Turnabout "It isn't natural for you to be younger than your great-grandchildren. We messed around with nature, and we shouldn't have. Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal lives throughout the 20th century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger..." |
Haddix, Margaret Peterson |
| A Wrinkle in Time Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government |
L’Engle, Madeleine |
| Lost in Cyberspace While dealing with changes at home, sixth-grader Josh and his friend Aaron use the computer at their New York prep school to travel through time, learning some secrets from the school's past and improving Josh's home situation. |
Peck, Richard |
| Lizard Music When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space. |
Pinkwater, Daniel |
| The Girl with the Silver Eyes A 10-year-old girl, who has always looked different from other children, discovers that she not only has unusual powers but that there are others like her. |
Roberts, Willo Davis |
| Virtual War In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality. |
Skurzynski, Gloria |
| Interstellar Pig Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig." Barney's boring seaside vacation suddenly becomes more interesting when the cottage next door is occupied by three exotic neighbors who are addicted to a game they call "Interstellar Pig." |
Sleator, William |