aliens

Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.

"Located far beyond the boundaries of explored space, the Goeg Domain is a political union of dozens of planets and races. When the U.S.S. Enterprise arrives in its territory to investigate an interstellar phenomenon, Commander Laspas of the Domain Defense Corps is at first guarded, then fascinated to discover the existence of an alliance of worlds much like his own, and finds a kindred spirit in Captain James T. Kirk. And when the Enterprise is attacked by the Domain's enemies, crippling the starship's warp capability and leaving its crew facing the prospect of a slow, months-long journey home, the Goeg leader volunteers the help of his own ship, offering to combine the resources of both vessels to bring the Enterprise to a nearby Domain facility to make the necessary repairs. But what at first seems to be an act of peace and friendship soon turns out to be a devil's bargain, as Kirk and the Enterprise crew learn that there are perhaps more differences than similarities between the Federation and the Domain. When the Goeg's adversaries strike again, the Enterprise is drawn deeper and inexorably into the conflict, and Kirk begins to realize that they may have allied themselves with the wrong side...."--.

"Engaging images accompany information about alien abductions. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--.

After an economic collapse and other disasters in the near future, Americans are now the legal and illegal immigrants living abroad. They find work in cities like Buenos Aires, where their very own enclave, known as "Americatown," has taken root. Owen, a recent arrival, begins a journey to support and save his splintered family divided between the enclave and home back in the U.S. His struggle is just a small part of the hardships and conflicting agendas in an immigrant community trying to build itself in the shadow of a once great nation.

"The Bad Guys are vanishing! A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing them, one by one. Is this the end for the Bad Guys?"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the legal rights given to immigrants in the United States.

Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.

"It's best-friendship at first contact after a flying saucer crashes outside a boy's house, and a Little Green Manwith a white jumpsuit and a snaggletoothed smile emerges... narration ... follows the two through the day. The boy's parents don't notice the new arrival, his classmates are mesmerized, and as for [his] teacher, she [thinks] she needsnew glasses. ... the passage of time is almost tangible in the way sunlight streams through windows or wanes as the friends race down a hill flying a kite. And when the alien'shomesickness sets in, it's light--specifically every light in the boy's house... --that attracts the attention of two green parents eager to find their child"--Publishers Weekly.

Provides illustrated instructions for folding origami space figures.