Jon Scieszka

While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and is amazed by what he discovers there.

With a mysterious new principal and fifth-grade graduation fast approaching, will Michael K. and his friends be able to find the missing Brainwave before the chief of the Anti-Alien Agency uses it to destroy a planet?

On their second mission to find another habitable planet, the four mutant animals, LaserShark, AstroWolf, SmartHawk, and StinkBug, splash land on the Water Planet, run by some suspiciously friendly clams, who are very eager to swap planets--and if the AstroNuts can stop arguing among themselves they may find out why before it is too late.

Describes growing up in his own home by Jon Sciestka based on experiences with his brother, a teaching nun, and using his father's ties to deal with sibling rivalry. Sums up interesting times in a Catholic school from first grade through ninth.

"Ten stories guaranteed to have you sleeping with the lights on..." -- Back cover.

The campaign to save the earth from being turned off is going well, but Michael K. must enlist fellow fifth-graders Venus and TJ to help hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber, especially when they become involved in a school play.

A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

Michael's first day in fifth grade is not going well. A new school is bad enough, but the teacher has partnered him with two extremely weird kids. Bob and Jennifer tell Michael that they are Spaceheadz from another planet and that they need his help to save the world. They explain that Earth is in danger of being turned off, depriving the interstellar civilizations of our tasty TV and radio waves. Led by Major Fluffy, the class hamster and mission...

163 PAGES ILLUS. $14.99. ILLUS: SHANE PRIGMORE FIRST DAY IN A NEW SCHOOL, IN A NEW TOWN, WITH NEW KIDS. CAN MICHAEL K.'S LIFE GET ANY WEIRDER? YES, IT CAN, MUCH MUCH WEIRDER. DN