Space - Collection Spotlight [Kids] | Arlington Public Library

"Niko may live on boring old Earth with his family, but he's always finding a new adventure. Using the spaceship that he built from a box in his backyard and a little imagination, he flies off into space with his robot Radar and his dog Tag. The only one NOT invited is his sister Posh, who keeps trying to insert herself into Niko's story. In this first mission, Niko and crew (and maybe also pesky Posh) fly to the moon in search of a lost cat"--Amazon.com....

6) Racing the moon

Author

Armstrong, Alan W

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In 1947, eleven-year-old Alex and her impulsive, older brother Chuck befriend an army scientist who shares their interest in rockets and outer space travel.

7) space mission adventure

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8) Space case: a Moon Base Alpha novel

Author

Gibbs, Stuart

Series

Moon Base Alpha volume 1

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"Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors"--

9) Astrotwins: project blastoff

Author

Kelly, Mark E

Series

Astrotwins volume 1

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"Young Mark Kelly and his brother and friends decide to build a rocket over the summer when their constant bickering starts to annoy their grandfather in this middle-grade novel based on the NASA astronauts' real childhoods"--

10) The twinning project

Author

Lipsyte, Robert

Series

Twinning project volume 1

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Tom and Eddie, identical twins and mirror opposites living on two different Earths some fifty years apart, must switch places and identities to thwart the alien scientists who threaten their planets.

11) Project Alpha

Author

MacHale, D. J

Series

Voyagers (Random House) volume 1

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Eight boys and girls compete for a spot on the space voyage that will search for a source to solve Earth's energy crisis.

12) Cakes in space

Author

Reeve, Philip

Series

Not-so-impossible tales volume 2

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"When ten-year-old Astra and her family move to a new planet, she must save the spaceship and its crew from man-eating cakes, aliens, and more"--

13) Max goes to the space station: a science adventure with Max the Dog

Author

Bennett, Jeffrey O

Series

Science adventures with Max the Dog

14) Trouble in space

Author

Law, Felicia

Series

Science to the rescue

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"In this exciting title, Joe and Dr. Bea blast off on an expedition into space! Join the two scientists as they explore life on board the International Space Station (ISS), experience a spacewalk, study the planets, and discover the beauty--and dangers--of our solar system."--

15) space

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16) Moonshot: the flight of Apollo 11

Author

Floca, Brian

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Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.

17) Sally Ride: a photobiography of America's pioneering woman in space

Author

O'Shaughnessy, Tam E

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Selected for the 2016 National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Books List Years before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. The next morning, she woke up to win her first round singles match at a national junior tennis tournament. Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's...