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When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.

The Wikk children face fierce lizards and betrayal by a trusted ally when they return to Obbin's plundered planet, where Oliver and Tiffany slip into a high security laboratory and Mason, Austin, and Obbin take on Corsairs.

"Suit up! Jump into hyper flight with the four Wikk kids! Forced into a high-stakes hunt for their missing parents by the sinister Captain Vedrik, the siblings' only hope is their parents' Archeos e-journal. Can Tiffany decipher the clues within it? As time runs out, it's all up to Oliver and his Federation training to fly the Phoenix and protect his crew. But twins Mason and Austin endanger the mission when they unexpectedly meet ... the blue boy!"--P....

"Risk it all! Join Oliver and the Wikk kids as they land the Phoenix on planet Evad and descent into its ancient jungle. Explore the ruins of a now-vanished civilization! Follow Oliver over the top, as he navigates a dizzying ride from the pinnacle of a ziggurat down into an underwater labyrinth! Dive into danger when Mason and Austin decide to go rogue and face the Übel! Will Tiffany and the e-journal help them escape the savage snares of invisible...

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in an adult world. And so he decides to flip things around....

Nax and a handful of other space Academy washouts are the only surviving pilots after the school is hijacked by terrorists, but in order to spread the truth about the attack, Nax and his fellow failures must execute a dangerous heist.

Zelda, determined to be the first chicken in space, carries on with her plans to build a spaceship, complete her training, and design experiments, even if her friends do not want to help.

When Houston fifth-grader Audrey's ingenuity helps the Apollo 11 astronauts during their 1969 Moon landing, her dream of becoming a NASA scientist one day, despite sexism, seems possible.

When he takes a ride in a U.F.O. to meet Janet, the head alien, Rappy must make a decision to live with her on Mars or return home.

"Scientifically-accurate illustrations and information-packed sidebars enrich this fascinating tale, the third in this acclaimed series about diversity and space exploration. Set in the future, Max the Dog’s friend Tori is all grown up and is the chief scientist of the Jupiter Mission. In order to reach their spacecraft, Max and his crew must take an amazing ride on a new device called the Space Elevator. Once they’ve probed the planet’s atmosphere,...