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If You Like...Aliens

I loved books about aliens when I was a kid.  One of my very favorite series was "My Teacher is an Alien" by Bruce Coville, so much so that in a journal from my youth I had a list of baby names that I liked and one of the names, I kid you not, was Nikka Nikka Flexxim Puspa (from book four, "My Teacher Flunked the Planet").  Don't worry, I planned on calling them Nikka for short.  Face palm.  I still highly suggest Mr. Coville for some fun alien reading, but check out the list below for some new science fiction reads  that star our extraterrestrial friends.  

Alien Summer
By James S. Murray
Penguin Workshop, 2022. Fiction. 

On the first day of summer vacation twelve-year-old Viv Harlow just wants to relax, but when a whole race of aliens escape from the famous Area 51 where her mom works, Viv and her friends will have to make a plan, work together, and try to save their parents from alien abduction.

The Secrets of Star Whales
By Rebecca Thorne
Jolly Fish Press, 2021. Fiction.

12-year old Maxion Belont lives aboard a space station.  Both of his passions come from hobbies handed passed down to him by his late father.  In an attempt to preserve the memory of his dad, Maxion discovers the secrets of the most elusive creatures in the galaxy: star whales.

By John David Anderson
Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. Fiction.

To save his father after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and, to stay alive, must decide who to trust- humans or aliens.

By Greg Van Eekhout
Harper Collins Publishers, 2021. Fiction.

Jake Foster, a shapeshifting alien of goo disguised as a human, and his spunky friend Agnes investigate the mysterious extraterrestrial takeover of their neighbors and uncover the reason Jake is losing control of his ability to keep his human shape.

By Chris Grine
Scholastic Press, 2020. Graphic Novel. 

Five normal kids learn that humanity is under a silent attack and are given the power to fight back by transforming into some of the most dangerous creatures on Earth. They must use that power to outsmart an evil greater than anything the world has ever seen.

By Jeremy Whitley
Papercutz, 2020. Graphic Novel.

After being outed as an extraterrestrial to both herself and others, Tara is captured by the government and given two options: get shipped far away where she won't be a danger to anyone or stay on Earth and join a school for extraterrestrial girls like her. Things at the school aren't easy--Tara has to come to grips with the fact that she's an alien and learn how to control her new powers.  But all that is put on hold  when Tara discovers that the people she has called Mom and Dad all these years aren't her real parents.

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