Ben Hatke
1) Mighty Jack
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jack dreads summer because his single mother has to work and leaves him at home with his boring little sister who is autistic. She doesn't talk at all. Ever. But one day while they are at a flea market, she does talk. She tells Jack to trade their mother's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made!
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone--carried into another realm by an ogre. When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds. Even the power of their magic plants may not be enough to get them back to earth alive. Alone and injured, Jack and Lilly must each face their own monsters--as well as giants...
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in the third and final installment of the Zita adventures. Wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, Zita has to plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak before the evil prison warden can execute his plan of interstellar domination!" --
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergalactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"It was supposed to just be a normal basement--some storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a whole world down there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye.
When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero. Before long, aliens in all shapes and sizes don't even phase her. Neither do ancient
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Zita discovers a device that opens a portal to another place, and her best friend is abducted, she is compelled to set out on a strange journey from star to star in order to get back home
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Julie welcomes all lost and homeless creatures into her house, whether they be cats or trolls, ghosts or dragons, but soon realizes that each must have a chore in order for the arrangement to work
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cozy, rat-infested dungeon, with his only friend, Skeleton. Every day, Goblin and Skeleton play with the treasure in their dungeon. But one day, a gang of "heroic" adventurers bursts in. These marauders trash the place, steal all the treasure, and make off with Skeleton-leaving Goblin all alone! It's up to Goblin to save the day. But first he's going to have to leave the dungeon and find out how the rest...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Julia's house is restless. Julia and her family of lost creatures are ready to move on. But where will they go? And how will they get there? Don't worry--Julia has a plan for that! Julia always has a plan. But when Julia's plans all fail... What's left for her?"--Jacket flap
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teaming up with new friend Zita the spacegirl, Jack and Lilly confront an army of dangerous giants and screeds ready to lay siege to Earth and determined to end all human life
12) Little robot
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it's all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!" --
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource"--
Series
Marvel super stories volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Marvel Super Stories is the first-ever middle-grade anthology from Marvel Comics, featuring all-new comics stories by 15 all-star cartoonists."--
Author
Series
Comics Squad volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A comics collection from some of the biggest stars in graphic novels, including Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Victoria Jamieson!
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal?!
Don’t punish yourself! Read the next Comics Squad! Leave your troubles behind with this collection of quick and funny stories about many kids’...
Calling all kidz! Do you like comics? Do you like laughing till you get sent to the principal?!
Don’t punish yourself! Read the next Comics Squad! Leave your troubles behind with this collection of quick and funny stories about many kids’...