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First in a brilliant series perfect for fans of laugh-out-loud adventures like Bunny vs Monkey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.D.J. and his friend Gina are totally normal kids. Until a mysterious boy comes crashing down from the sky and nearly blows up their club house!Hilo doesn't know where he came from, or what he's doing on Earth (or why going to school in only your underwear is a bad idea!) but he's starting to think he might not be the only alien to have crash-landed on our planet.Can the trio unlock the secrets of his past? Can Hilo survive a day at school? And are D.J. and Gina ready to save the world?'Every kid would love a pal like Hilo, and every kid will love this book!' - Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate

The second book in the brilliant series perfect for fans of laugh-out-loud adventures like Bunny vs Monkey and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.D.J. and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo...isn't. He's an alien robot from another world!Hilo is just settling into life on Earth (Bowling? Knock-knock jokes? OUTSTANDING!) when strange portals begin opening up all over town and even STRANGER creatures are coming through them!But it will take more than a GIANT MUTANT CHICKEN, A VIKING HIPPO, A MAGICAL WARRIOR CAT, or even a few million KILLER VEGETABLES to stop Team Hilo. Er, won't it...?Can Hilo, D.J. and Gina figure out how to send these creatures back to their own worlds before they DESTROY the Earth?Find out in HILO: SAVING THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Hazzah!

The debut collection of short fiction from science fiction legend Ted Chiang, including the inspiration for the Oscar-winning filmArrival.‘A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.’ –The GuardianWithStories of Your Life and Others, his masterful debut collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably varied stories.The title novella 'Story of Your Life' was the basis for the Academy Award-winning filmArrival, starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth to the firmament above, to a world where angelic visitations are a wondrous and terrifying part of everyday life; from a neural modification that eliminates the appeal of physical beauty, to an alien language that challenges our very perception of time and reality, Chiang’s unique imagination invites us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it.‘United by a humane intell

You probably know it’s good manners to ALWAYS say ‘please’ when asking for something. But when Bill forgets this very simple rule, the consequences are WACKIER than he could ever have imagined. Get ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure featuring spaceships, jungle tigers, mountain yaks, fairytale castles and a whole host of alien toads.Saying ‘PLEASE’ has never been so important! This joyfully funny, side-splittingly silly follow-up to ACHOO! is perfect for fans of You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus and The Squirrels Who Squabbled. From the bestselling, award-winning author of You Must Bring a Hat and I Really Want the Cake (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize), and the illustrator of Think Big by Kes Grey.

Nerdy Andy is getting pretty good at bring a super hero. But is he ready for a school full of super spies, and alien invasion from another dimension, and a monster made of guacamole? Find out in the sixth book in the Super Dweeb series, hilariously illustrated with full-colour comic illustrations."With fast-paced action and absurd humor [...] Super Dweeb in an exciting new series for fans of Captain Underpants or Diary of a Wimpy Kid" - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL"A funny, fast-paced and zany adventure, bursting with colourful cartoon-style illustrations" - BOOK TRUST***As the world's greatest school-aged superhero, Super Dweeb has a lot going for him. He has an awesome imagination, an atomic pencil that brings drawings to life, and a genius best friend, Mona! But will that be enough to save him in his ultimate adventure? Andy's hero skills are put to their greatest ever test as he faces a school full of SPIES, an invasion of zombie VEGETABLES from another dimension, a monster made of guaca

A modern adaptation of the original 1960s Ultraman, bringing the classic era of the iconic Japanese superhero to established fans and newcomers alike.Shin Hayato is the first and last line of defense against alien invaders when he becomes able to transform into the gigantic superhero, Ultraman.Adapting the classic and genre-defining Ultraman series from the 1960s, this novelisation brings a fresh take to iconic and inventive adventures of Earth's kaiju-battling saviour.

The wildly popular, bestselling sci-fi series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant returns in a new full-color graphic novel series, adapted by Chris Grine.It begins with the dreams. Cassie has been having strange nightmares of a voice calling to her from deep beneath the ocean.They're unsettling, but it isn't until Cassie discovers Tobias has been having dreams too--the exact same dreams, of a voice pleading for help--that she decides it's time to start listening.When pieces of debris wash up on shore, marked with alien writing, the team realizes they may still have allies in the fight for Earth--allies who are trying to make contact. Now they just have to reach them, before time runs out.

Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could change the course of history… America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure.One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret? Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.David Walliams was most recently Children’s #1 bestseller with The World's Worst Pets (TCM chart: 30 April 2022)

The tales of Algernon Blackwood, in the view of many the greatest weird writer of them all, blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman, living and dead, beckoning the reader into strange borderlands where alien forces lurk.

Pluto Rocket and Joe Pidge are back, with more hats and hijinks than ever before, in the second book of this hilarious new early graphic novel series, for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Pizza and Taco! Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who's new in town, have become fast friends, with Joe acting as Pluto's guide on her secret mission to discover what life in the neighborhood is really like. But on Joe's tour (where he shows Pluto the best fire escape and the best garbage can in the world!), it becomes clear that Joe has never actually left his tiny slice of the planet . . . Pluto encourages Joe to get out of his comfort zone, but Joe delays by creating an outlandish list of supplies they'll need to get before they go! Is Joe Pidge afraid of leaving his safe little neighborhood? And if that's tough, imagine how Joe feels when his hat, his trademark super-flavio look that helps him stand out from the other pigeons, goes missing. Thankfully, Pluto is here to h

The out-of-this-world new adventure from the number-one-bestselling author of THE DANGER GANG and THE CHRISTMASAURUS, Tom Fletcher!An out-of-this-world new adventure from bestselling author of THE DANGER GANG and THE CHRISTMASAURUS, Tom Fletcher.George, Neila and Bash are the worst band on Earth. George wants them to be brilliant - but Neila has stage fright, and Bash is too distracted by his obsession with stars, aliens and faraway planets. But what they lack in talent and confidence, they make up for in heart.They're determined to blow their friends away at their school Battle of the Bands contest. But the moment they start to play...They're beamed up into space!!!Now the kids face an even bigger challenge: Battle of the Bands, but the intergalactic version. They're competing against alien bands from every galaxy! And if they don't win, they might never make it home again... Can the worst band on Earth become the best band in the universe?Listen to the intergalactically awesome SPACE

The latest book in Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud's internationally acclaimed I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . series is out of this world! It's a race to do homework--in space! But first, there's a spaceship jam. Then there's the moon detour, the Mars alien exploration, and a stop on the gravity-defying International Space Station. And that's just the beginning! Henry and Ali want to get their homework done--they really do! But how are they supposed to study the solar system when they seem to be swept up in an endless series of interstellar surprises? From Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the author-illustrator team behind I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . ., comes an action-packed, entertaining tale about trying to get your homework done, whether you're in--or out--of this world! THE LATEST IN A FAVORITE SERIES: The dynamic author-illustrator team of Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud are back with an engaging sixth book in the acclaimed I Didn't Do My Homework Because . . . childr

This entertaining book is bursting with ideas for fingerprinting superheroes and their amazing superpowers. Create scenes with flying superheroes, special forcefields, preventing a space alien invasion as well as superhero hairstyles! There's no need to buy paints or inks, just use the seven bright colours on the inkpad attached to the back cover.

From New York Times bestselling comic artist Betty Tang comes an extraordinary story filled with humor and heart about three kids living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the author's childhood experiences as a parachute kid.Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first trip to the United States! Their amazing whirlwind tour of Los Angeles--including Disneyland and meeting Mickey Mouse!--is sure to make her the envy of her friends back home. But after an action-packed two weeks, she and her siblings--16-year-old sister, Jia Xi, and 14-year-old brother, Ke Gang--learn that they will remain indefinitely in California while first their father and then their mother returns to Taiwan. ​​​​​​​Suddenly Feng Li and her siblings are thrust into an alien world where even the local Chinese restaurant tastes nothing like home and the fear of being discovered by Immigration become a daily reality. As they navigate a new school, new names, a new language, and m

在熱鬧的街區裡，Joe Pidge 以自信步伐巡視每日風景，自認見多識廣。某天，一位外貌古怪的新朋友突然出現──Pluto Rocket，其實是一位來自外星、正執行秘密任務的小旅者。她想了解地球社區的真實生活，而 Joe Pidge 恰好是最懂這片街區的嚮導。於是，一隻話多又自豪的鴿子，帶著一位觀察敏銳的外星訪客，一起在街頭展開意想不到的冒險。看似由 Joe 主導的一天，卻因 Pluto 的獨特視角而悄悄翻轉。作者 Paul Gilligan 以熟悉的幽默節奏，打造一部輕鬆易讀的初階圖像小說，適合喜愛 Narwhal and Jelly 與 Pizza and Taco 的讀者。以外星人視角重新看待日常情境節奏輕快、分鏡清晰，適合初階閱讀由 Pooch Cafe 創作者推出的全新系列Meet Pluto Rocket, a friendly alien, and Joe Pidge, a wise-cracking pigeon, in the first book of this hilarious new early graphic novel series, for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Pizza and Taco! Joe Pidge, not just a pigeon but also the stylish king of the neighborhood, is bobbing his way down the street one day when, all of a sudden, Pluto Rocket enters the scene. It turns out, Pluto is from another planet, and is disguising herself for her secret mission -- to find out what life in the neighborhood is really like. Lucky for Pluto, Joe Pidge has seen it all before, eaten it all before, and pooped on it all before, so he takes her under his wing a

The hunt begins! As the Predators make their Marvel debut, experience their original comics legacy! Nowhere is safe when the remorseless alien killers stalk the concrete jungle of New York City, leave

ALL-NEW STORIES OF ANCIENT ALIEN ARTIFACTS FROM THE TOP NAMES IN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASYTHE UNIVERSE IS OLDER AND MORE ALIEN THAN WE CAN EVER UNDERSTANDWe were not alone. The farther we push into the universe, the more obvious it becomes. The signs are everywhere: canals and pyramids on Mars, old roads on the moons of Jupiter, ruined cities on worlds about the nearer stars. The galaxy once teemed with life, or so it seems. Which begs the question: What happened to it all?These stories explore the ruins of lost civilizations, solve ancient mysteries . . .and awaken horrors from beyond the dawn of time.Featuring stories by Orson Scott Card, Griffin Barber, Adam Oyebanji, Jessica Maguire, Patrick Chiles, and an all-new entry in the Sun Eater universe from editor Christopher Ruocchio. Join us for your next adventure to Worlds Long Lost!About Star Destroyers, coedited by Christopher Ruocchio:“. . . spectacular space battles and alien contacts . . . themes of military ethics, the uses o

&b>From the acclaimed, award-winning author of &i>Children of Time&/i> comes an unparalleled narrative of alien contact and human discovery in this follow-up to &i>Children of Ruin&/i>.&/b>

Venom co-creator David Michelinie returns to tell an untold tale of the Lethal Protector! Before Carnage and space gods, clones and toxins, and the revelation that he was a father, Eddie Brock was a down-on-his-luck reporter who had tried to take his own life and been saved by an extraterrestrial alien. Now, this all-new story set during Venom’s earliest days welcomes Michelinie back into the symbiote hive with open arms, as he and rising star Ivan Fiorelli unite to tell a new, horrifying story that not only revisits the wicked web-slinger’s past, but hints at what’s to come in his future!COLLECTING: Venom: Lethal Protector (2021) 1-5

The marvelous sonic world of whales, from the perspective of music and science.Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence―not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining, Whale Music uses the enigma of whale sounds to open up whales' underwater world of sonic mystery. In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and musicians confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean itself. His search culminates in a grand attempt to make interspecies music by playing his clarinet with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Canada to Hawaii. This is a revised edition of Thousand Mile Song, originally published in 2008. The latest advances in cetacean science and interspecies communication have been incorp

Natalie Davidson offers an alternative account of Alien Tort Statute litigation by revisiting the field's two seminal cases, Filártiga (filed 1979) and Marcos (filed 1986), lawsuits ostensibly concerned with torture in Paraguay and the Philippines, respectively. Combining legal analysis, archival research and ethnographic methods, this book reveals how these cases operated as transitional justice mechanisms, performing the transition of the United States and its allies out of the Cold War order. It shows that US courts produced a whitewashed history of US involvement in repression in the Western bloc, while in Paraguay and the Philippines the distance from US courts allowed for a more critical narration of the lawsuits and their underlying violence as symptomatic of structural injustice. By exposing the political meanings of these legal landmarks for three societies, Davidson sheds light on the blend of hegemonic and emancipatory implications of international human rights litigation in

The King of the Monsters and the defenders of Earth take on villains from both their worlds in this crossover clash for the ages! When the evil sorceress Rita Repulsa retrieves the multiversal focus--a gemstone through which all realities can be seen--she sets her sights on an alternate Earth where the Power Rangers don't exist to interfere with her nefarious plans! But what she finds instead are a race of alien conquerors known as the Xiliens, who are unleashing unpredictable Kaiju in the hopes of defeating Godzilla and taking over the planet. As the two join forces, they find their goals interrupted by the arrival of the Power Rangers! Can they and Godzilla stop the threat before it's too late? Collects the five-issue crossover event.

More tales of Alien horror! A team of soldiers must reclaim an overrun space station! Bug hunter extraordinaire Herk Mondo returns! Can pirates defeat Aliens with…a pig? An Alien stalks a religious settlement with a dark secret! A contaminated xenomorph egg spreads disease and death! A surveyor must determine if an Alien attack is real, or all in his head! A rescue specialist investigates the Aliens’ past! Will a new Strikeforce give mankind a fighting chance? And what lurks in a massive and ancient necropolis? Plus a special jam story with over forty amazing artists!COLLECTING: Aliens: Berserker (1995) 1-4, Aliens: Mondo Heat (1996) 1, Aliens: Lovesick (1996) 1, Aliens: Pig (1997) 1, Aliens Special (1997) 1, Aliens: Havoc (1997) 1-2, Aliens: Purge (1997) 1, Aliens: Alchemy (1997) 1-3, Alien Resurrection (1997) 1-2, Aliens: Kidnapped (1997) 1-3, Aliens: Survival (1998) 1-3, Aliens: Glass Corridor (1998) 1, Aliens: Stalker (1998) 1, Aliens: Wraith (1998) 1, Aliens: Apocalypse - The Dest

The world's richest man faces the galaxy's deadliest threat!When an ALIEN ARMADA menaces our planet, Earth's governments and armed forces find themselves powerless to resist. In desperation, humanity turns to one man: billionaire, futurist and Twitter addict ELON MUSK. Elon has long styled himself as the real-life Tony Stark, but can everyone's favourite genius step up and become a hero? Or is he just an egotistical man-child whose only actual talent is self-promotion? Whatever happens, us non-plutocrats are in for a wild ride!

Sci-fi fans will love this genre-bending debut full of cutthroat school politics and the speculative intrigue of alien contact.There’s nothing hijabi alien hunter Abyan wants more than to graduate from Carlisle Academy and finally rid the Earth of aliens, the Nosaru.Everything is going to plan until the Nosaru kill one of Abyan’s squad mates. To make matters worse, the school admins replace her elite squad member with a sub-par new recruit, Artemis. Despite Artemis failing every test―and bringing the team down with her―their cutthroat instructors refuse to kick her out.Together Abyan, Artemis and the rest of the team unravel the mystery of why Artemis is actually there, what the Nosaru really want, and what Carlisle Academy has been hiding from them all.

ALL-NEW STORIES TAKE THE WILD, WILD WEST TO THE FINAL FRONTIERAn actual wagon train to space?Gunslinging cowpokes riding in rickety rocket ships?What isn’t possible when you mix science fiction and Westerns?The final frontier ain’t so final in these 12 tales of space exploration and adventure: each a timeless yarn told around the warm glow of a nuclear reactor just before it goes supernova. There’s a story for everyone who’s ever dreamed of traveling the stars.From the lone stranger who flies into town to help a widow and her daughter to the alien rancher trying to pose as human, they are familiar, yet with completely new twists. Take the pair of mercenaries who sign on to stop a mining camp insurrection only to discover they might be on the wrong side of evolution, or the prospector who finds the strike of a lifetime but ends up stranded on a barren moon without hope of rescue. And if that’s not enough to catch your fancy, then how about a cloned Doc Holliday making his way in a futur

邪惡貓大帝克勞德征服地球、掌控宇宙三部曲★全美銷售超過20萬本，暢銷全球，授權多國譯本★★套書附贈【克勞德逼你讀書籤DIY】★克勞德不是普通的貓。他是從宇宙另一端被放逐到地球的大帝，對戰鬥和復仇念茲在茲。他生性殘酷、狡猾，聰明絕頂，並擁有一個人類男孩拉吉，作為他的寵物、貓奴和……死黨？拉吉從酷炫的紐約搬到充滿大自然景觀的奧勒岡，遇見了最棒的寵物貓克勞德（當然克勞德不這麼想），兩人經歷了不少冒險、難關，及友情的考驗，然而，克勞德卻將犀利的爪子伸向這顆「荒蕪又卑微」的地球，接下來，他甚至要競選宇宙之王的地位？本系列書特色★一貓一人的視角寫作，揭露不同青少年成長的心理狀態本系列故事為雙主角，一人一貓輪流以第一人稱推進劇情。他們在對方眼裡雖然以寵物／貓奴的身份一起生活，彼此在面對各種目標、任務及困境時，反映出青少年的不安、叛逆、無所謂、好奇、勇敢等的成長心理狀態；這兩個個性十分迥異的夥伴／朋友，也因此碰撞出立場不同的辯論、爭吵、妥協和合作，是真正站在青少年心理位置上書寫的故事。★充滿奇幻又真實的情節，每一本都包含國際趨勢的議題及元素看似奇幻、荒謬的情節，充滿譏諷與搞笑的橋段，但每一本都融入了文化、教育、環保、國際趨勢等的議題，如荒野求生、機器人創客、文化衝擊、AI、虛擬實境、區塊鏈、虛擬貨幣、選舉、獨裁政治，以及社群媒體等，是站在國際視野上設計撰寫，適合每個孩子閱讀，甚至討論其中議題的故事。★劇情幽默風趣，活潑生動的美式插圖穿插其中，閱讀輕鬆無負擔故事場景設定地球，進而擴大到全宇宙，以外星生物來看地球的物種（人類及其他動物）、建設（房屋、汽車等）、制度（貨幣交易）等，充滿著解謎與反諷的樂趣；作者以其充滿創意與想像力的文筆，描寫外星生物與外星黑科技，搭配活靈活現的生動插圖，輕鬆閱讀無負擔，是首次閱讀長文的孩子的最佳入門選擇。各集故事簡介《邪惡貓大帝克勞德4：鎖定新目標――征服地球！》邪惡貓大帝克勞經過與星際警犬巴克斯的交手後，元氣大傷（但克勞德本貓當然不會承認），亟需重建威信的他，必須早日建立一番事業，獲取重返砂盆星的籌碼，「征服地球」成為他的新選擇。繼森林生存營、研發AI機器人、創建學校與影像錄製與社群媒體，這些時代最IN的生活科技都在這個令人噴飯的故事中串起故事的發展，精彩的第四集也不例外：VR、虛擬貨幣，甚至是區塊鏈，都在故事裡扮演重要的角色！好吧，先透露一點風聲，這一

邪惡貓大帝克勞德降肉地球、征服宇宙的第一手記錄青少年拉吉充滿挑戰、殘酷與愛的成長日記一人一貓各自表述、相愛相殺，宇宙最寫實又最搞笑的幽默小說★全美銷售超過20萬本，暢銷全球，授權多國譯本★★套書附贈【克勞德邪惡肖像門把掛牌】★克勞德不是普通的貓。他是從宇宙另一端被放逐到地球的大帝，對戰鬥和復仇念茲在茲。他生性殘酷、狡猾，聰明絕頂，並擁有一個人類男孩拉吉，作為他的寵物、貓奴和……死黨？拉吉從酷炫的紐約搬到充滿大自然景觀的奧勒岡，遇見了最棒的寵物貓克勞德（當然克勞德不這麼想），兩人經歷了不少冒險、難關，及友情的考驗，然而，克勞德卻將犀利的爪子伸向這顆「荒蕪又卑微」的地球，接下來，他甚至要競選宇宙之王的地位？本系列書特色★一貓一人的視角寫作，揭露不同青少年成長的心理狀態本系列故事為雙主角，一人一貓輪流以第一人稱推進劇情。他們在對方眼裡雖然以寵物／貓奴的身份一起生活，彼此在面對各種目標、任務及困境時，反映出青少年的不安、叛逆、無所謂、好奇、勇敢等的成長心理狀態；這兩個個性十分迥異的夥伴／朋友，也因此碰撞出立場不同的辯論、爭吵、妥協和合作，是真正站在青少年心理位置上書寫的故事。★充滿奇幻又真實的情節，每一本都包含國際趨勢的議題及元素看似奇幻、荒謬的情節，充滿譏諷與搞笑的橋段，但每一本都融入了文化、教育、環保、國際趨勢等的議題，如荒野求生、機器人創客、文化衝擊、AI、虛擬實境、區塊鏈、虛擬貨幣、選舉、獨裁政治，以及社群媒體等，是站在國際視野上設計撰寫，適合每個孩子閱讀，甚至討論其中議題的故事。★劇情幽默風趣，活潑生動的美式插圖穿插其中，閱讀輕鬆無負擔故事場景設定地球，進而擴大到全宇宙，以外星生物來看地球的物種（人類及其他動物）、建設（房屋、汽車等）、制度（貨幣交易）等，充滿著解謎與反諷的樂趣；作者以其充滿創意與想像力的文筆，描寫外星生物與外星黑科技，搭配活靈活現的生動插圖，輕鬆閱讀無負擔，是首次閱讀長文的孩子的最佳入門選擇。各集故事簡介《邪惡貓大帝克勞德1：愚蠢的地球人我來了！》邪惡貓大帝克勞德統治貓族居住的砂盆星，卻因為太過殘暴而被推翻並流放到遙遠、貧乏又居住著可悲異類的星球──地球；男孩拉吉則隨著父母從繁華又便利的大都會，心不甘情不願地來到舉目盡是大自然的鄉間生活，還被迫參加「野外求生」營隊。克勞德來到地球的那一晚，他按了拉吉家的門鈴，一人一貓即將展開什麼旅程呢？一心想回到