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2) The cage
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Cora wakes up in a cage on an alien planet where she meets the Kindred, her mysterious alien captors, and along with other teenage abductees must find a way to escape back to Earth.
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"In 1961, Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have experienced a bizarre night that included extraterrestrials, flying saucers, and a few lost hours during which they could recall very little until they underwent hypnosis. Their mysterious story was just the first of many that have been told by people who have since come forward with their own similar experiences. Although there are thousands of people who claim to have experienced alien abduction, much...
6) The hunt
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After being abducted from Earth and forced to work as human captives in a safari-themed environment called the Hunt, Cora works to develop her psychic powers to help her friends escape and return home.
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"When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate's UFO-themed wedding -- complete with a true-believer bridegroom -- she can't help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don't exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one."--
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In 1994, Christopher Buckley published one of the most acclaimed and successful comic novels of the decade, Thank You for Smoking. Now Buckley returns to the strange land of Washington, D.C., in Little Green Men, a millennial comedy of manners about aliens and pundits . . . and how much they have in common.
The reluctant hero of this hilarious novel is John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington...
The reluctant hero of this hilarious novel is John Oliver Banion, a stuffy Washington...
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When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster.
11) Home
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A lovable misfit from another planet meets a girl named Tip. The two unlikely friends embark on the greatest journey of all time.
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Artemisia (Sia) Martinez's mother was deported to Mexico by ICE and disappeared in the Sonoran Desert trying to make it back to her American family; Sia believes that she was as-good-as murdered by ICE and the sheriff in their small Arizona town on the edge of the national park, and wants revenge against him and his son, Jeremy--but her search for the truth will uncover many more secrets than she counted on.
13) Earth to Charlie
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After his mother's disappearance, Charlie became a bullied loner, obsessed with UFO sightings, so when new student Seth wants to be his friend, Charlie is suspicious.
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Claudia Jones disappeared for months, then returned mysteriously to Blithedale High School with a strange but palpable--perhaps supernatural--aura, prompting questions about whether aliens abducted her. Nigel feels the aura strongly; Brett, Nigel's sort-of romantic rival, tries to keep distant from everyone; Emily breaks away from them both, but rushes into a predator in "nice-guy" clothing; and Paula is about to experience a breakthrough that will...
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Newcomer Gustavo Duarte spins wordless tales brimming with humor, charm, and delightfully twisted horror! In Monsters!, oversized beasts wreak havoc on a coastal city in the tradition of Godzilla and King Kong. In Có!, an alien abduction disarms a gentle farmer, and in Birds, two business partners run from fate, only to find themselves hopelessly unable to change the future" -- page [4] of cover.
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"Arnie is shocked when he hears his neighbor Loretta Schmoretta tell news reporters that she was the victim of an alien abduction. And not just any aliens--alien doughnuts from outer spastry. Arnie thinks this is a ridiculous story, that is, until he gets abducted. Arnie must think fast in order to rescue his fellow doughnuts and the townspeople from the alien invaders"--Provided by publisher.