science fiction

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Commander Toad and the space pirates

1987
When Commander Salamander and his band of pirates capture the "Star Warts" spaceship, Commander Toad is forced to hop the plank.

A wrinkle in time

1997
Meg 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.

Among the hidden

2000
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.

Among the betrayed

2002
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.

Merry Christmas, space case

1986
Buddy McGee eagerly awaits a promised Christmas visit from his friend, the thing from outer space.

June 29, 1999

1992
While her third-grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Holly has a more ambitious, innovative science project in mind.

Among the free

2006
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom.

Among the brave

2004
In a society that allows families to have only two children, a group of third-borns tries to save themselves and others like them.

Among the enemy

2005
In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.

Found

2008
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.

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