Hayes, Vicki C

"Jan is angry at everyone. Her mom and sister suffer the most. In a fit of rage, Jan stomps off to her room. When she wakes up, she's home, but it's not real. Everything is hard and cold and gray. The people look different. They are square, short. And they are dying. They need her help. Only a human can cure them. Jan wants no part of it. But the machine that brought her there is broken. She has no choice. Jan learns that helping others will also help her overcome her own pain"--Saddleback Educational Publishers.

"Mr. Flinn's best students go to the space museum a few hours away from Tellis, their planet. But Mr. Flinn is fed up with them. They argue. And they don't get along. They certainly aren't setting an example for the best and brightest Tellis has to offer. But on the way home, Mr. Flinn is knocked out when their self-driving space bus is hit by a space rock, which knocks out the engine. The eight sixth graders have to figure out how to work together, especially when they learn something more sinister than a rock disabled their bus"--Amazon.com.

"Trey really wants to play soccer. Mr. Dean really wants him to come up with a science project. But Trey can't think of anything. Maybe he will find inspiration in the woods, so he takes his dog for a walk. All of sudden there is a tremendous thud. An alien spaceship has crashed. Trey cannot believe it when two blobs roll off the ship and morph into exact copies of his dog!"--Publisher's website.

"Sam was born on the moon. He lives on a moon base with his parents. He's never been to Earth. But there's a school break, and his aunt invites him to stay with her family. Sam is excited. He will get to spend time with his cousin, Linn. She will show him around. His parents know he will love his home planet"--Amazon.com.

Jenny does not like her new stepmother and she hates it when her stepmom bosses her around. After she makes a wish to the garden troll in the back garden that her stepmom would get in trouble, too, there are a lot of mishaps. Jenny hopes she can take back her wish before something really bad happens.

Sixth graders Dez and Jax are Sky Watchers who patrol the sky with their sky bikes and protect their schoolmates from spinners, little flat disks that steal bikes and take them to the ground below.

Zuze and her music class get to go on a time traveling field trip to see superstar musician Rufus Roth.