science fiction

After the hamsters in Mrs. Weintraub's room continue to grow bigger, stronger, and crankier even after Pleskit stops feeding them alien vitamins, Pleskit and Tim find themselves facing a mystery, an enemy, and a trio of dangerous hamsters.

After rumors start about horrible happenings at the alien embassy and a rise in anti-alien sentiment on Earth, sixth-grade alien Pleskit Meenom decides to investigate the situation.

When Pleskit brings his shapeshifter to school, panic results.

"When Tim comes home and finds a two-foot-tall orange alien named Beebo Frimbat sitting on his desk, he knows he's in for a hard time. After all, Beebo is a dedicated mischief maker who thinks trouble is the spice of life. But even Beebo's past pranks don't prepare Tim for finding his underwear flying from the school flagpole"--Provided by publisher.

Tom expects Pleskit to help him with his science fair project but this has unexpected results.

Pleskit, a sixth-grade student from another planet, tries peanut butter, which makes him romantic.

When Tim Tompkins dreamed of visiting other galaxies, he didn't think he would do it as a captive of an alien, and now he must try to survive and find his way back home.

Fourth-grader Stevie Blunt is a huge comic book fan?and he's just found a rare copy of the first issue of Captain Fantastic, featuring a ?Top Secret Superhero Training Journal.? Now, all he has to do is dig up the money to pay for it. When a neighbor needs a last-minute dog sitter for her beloved pug, Stevie transforms into Commander Universe, ready to be the hero this citizen needs (and earn the money for his comic book). But then the dog goes missing, and Commander Universe has just hours to find out what happened. Follow the daring escapades of Commander Universe as they dodge mind-controlled squirrels, Mystery Neighbors, and new neighbor Abi in their attempt to save the precious pug.

Sixteen-year-old Hwa Young was taken in by the Empire after her home on a rebel moon was destroyed by Empire forces. Now she trains hard to become a lancer pilot for the Empire--an elite fighter in giant robot tech. When her boarding school is attacked, she and others are rushed through their training and sent out. But Hwa uncovers a conspiracy and secrets about the rebellion that force her to choose between her past with the rebels and her future with the Empire.

To prevent the public from learning about Tori's unusual DNA, technology "geek" Tori and her adoptive parents move to a new town and change their names.