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Lost in CyberspaceSeries
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completed
About virtual reality and coming of age.
“While dealing with changes at home, sixth-grader Josh and his friend Aaron use the computer at their New York prep school to travel through time, learning some secrets from the school's past and improving Josh's home situation.”
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My Teacher Is an AlienSeries
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About aliens.
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series11 books2014
Funny in tone, about robots and artificial intelligence.
“Frank Einstein loves to tinker, build and take things apart.”
from the catalogue
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Weird PlanetSeries
series6 books2006
completed
Funny in tone, about aliens.
“When their spaceship crash lands on Earth, Ploo is captured by the Army and taken to the mysterious Area 51.”
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KairosSeries
series11 books1962
completed
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