Frank Carlson Library

"As Tycho and his siblings continue to compete for the captain's chair of the Shadow Comet, they must work together to hunt for an old pirate treasure--a treasure that is tied to some long-buried family secrets"--

Almost all of John's class has come down with the deadly Zhaldarian flu, but humans are immune--so with their friends' lives on the line John and Mordant steal a ship, break quarantine, and set out for a distant nebula to find the cure.

When John Riley gets on the wrong bus he finds himself at Hyperspace High, an elite academy on an enormous spaceship, where his classmates are aliens, and the penalty for failing is harsh.

Leo Fender is no stranger to catastrophe, whether it's the intergalactic war that took his mother's life or the ongoing fight for his own. He's seen his planet plundered, his ship attacked, his father kidnapped, and his brother go missing—and found himself stranded on a ship with a bunch of mercenary space pirates. Still, nothing could have prepared him for the moment he and the crew tried to save his father... and discovered a dark plot that could...

For Tycho Hashoone and his family, space privateering on their ship Shadow Comet is a way of life--that just got a lot more complicated. Earth is mounting an arms race, and has started recruiting privateers of their own. Meanwhile, the Ice Wolves of Saturn are on the offensive, using ruthless tactics reminscent of pirates of old. The Jovian Union, trapped between the two, asks the Hashoones for help, and the stage is set for a showdown on the Cybele...

"When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's all over, Henrietta will find herself safely ensconced...

From Courtney Alameda, the author of Shutter, this thrilling, sci-fi horror and space adventure will be sure to stay with readers long after the last pages. Lost to time, Tuck Morgan and his crew have slept in stasis aboard the USS JOhn Muir for centuries. Their ship harbors a chunk of Earth, which unbeknownst to them, is the last hope for the falling human race. Laura Cruz is a shipraider searching the galaxy for the history that was scattered to...

"King Viking decides to find another planet where he can carry out his evil plans without interference, and everyone in Animal Town is delighted; then an alien appeals to Super Rabbit Boy for help and he blasts off to once again confront his enemy--but his level one rocket may not be up to the task." --

Three friends are walking through the park and hear a strange and otherworldly sound. The otherworldly sound is a spaceship that has crashed and the friends meet a green, three-eyed alien named Zar. As they fix Zar's broken ship, they pickup a bit of the space-alien language, learn a lot about teamwork, and make a new and unusual friend.