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"After discovering that Earth Force is waging a covert alien war, Jasper and his friends return to space and continue their training. This time, Earth Force brings them to the remote planet of Gulaga, where the cadets compete in the Tundra Trials, a grueling pod race across the planet's frigid landscape, but when their pod leader asks Jasper and Mira to secretly test a dangerous new technology that will take their Bounder abilities to the next level, the kids begin to suspect that there are rifts within Earth Force. The worst part? Jasper must keep the truth from everyone--even his own pod mates. When Earth Force prepares for an attack against the aliens, the kids are tasked with a treacherous mission."--Provided by publisher.

"Visiting a Brain Fair is fun, but Violet and her friends get to learn even more amazing facts about the brain when they enter the magical Maker Maze"--Provided by publisher.

Taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell: these five senses help us navigate the world, process information about our surroundings, and stimulate responses in our bodies. Readers will learn the science behind our amazing senses in this innovative book.

After a traumatic accident, Kyle feels lost until he meets Marley, who seems like the girl of his dreams, but as they grow closer he fears he is headed for another crash.

Fifteen-year-old Jackie is determined to reclaim her family's privacy and dignity by ending a reality television program about her father's terminal brain tumor.

Presents twenty facts about the nervous system through graphic organizers, a body system diagram, and color photographs.

". . . explains the science behind everything the brain [does]: keeping [a] hear beating; telling [somone they] are sleepy, remembering stuff, and more . . . Each spread features bite-sized text and comic-style art with sidebars sprinkled throughout. Anthropomorphized organs and body parts . . . help readers learn through . . . jokes and comic panels"--Amazon.

"[The author] unlocks the . . . mysteries of the human brain by examining nine . . . cases [of rare brain disorders]"--Dust jacket.

"The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our kids"--Provided by the publisher.

ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.