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When Cody is 14, he runs away from home, leaving behind his abusive mother, and flees across the country. He doesn’t stop until he hits Texas and the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch. Under the guidance of Sunny, the ranch’s owner, he cares for the animals in ways he never imagined. He feeds them a diet of raw, bloody meat. He cleans out their cages. He takes them for exercise. He finds out how to get a tiger to back down, and when he should back down himself. But there is another lesson Cody has to learn—sometimes people are harder to handle than tigers.From the Hardcover edition.

After thier spaceship is taken by the Great Ones, Ploo, Klatu, and Lek return to Las Vegas. There they discover an infestation of Elvisimpersonators, in town for a convention. Klatu, Lek, and Ploo are sure the odd-looking humans are up to no good, and it turns out that they''re right . . . for once. These are no ordinary Elvises—they are evil aliens from outer space in disguise with nefarious plans to take over Earth!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Klatu, Lek, and Ploo head back to Groom Lake to fix their busted spaceship. But the spaceship is gone--it''s been taken to Area 51. There''s nothing for the aliens to do other than sneak in and search for it. Instead they find something they weren''t looking for--the Great Ones! The mythic missing Looglians Org, Murkel, Shemp, and Kurth crashed at Roswell New Mexico in 1947, and have been in the deep freeze ever since. Can our three wacky alien kids rescue them?Dan Greenburg brings his trademark quirkiness and humor to the third book in his newest chapter book series.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Klatu is such a varna! He crashed the spaceship into planet Earth with his brother Lek and sister Ploo onboard. Stuck in the middle of the Nevada desert with nowhere to run, Ploo is captured by army Earthlings who think that she is an enemy of humankind. Can Klatu and Lek to rescue Ploo from the terrifying Major Paine? Or will Ploo be held prisoner in Area 51 forever?From the Trade Paperback edition.

KLATU, LEK, AND PLOO just missed their ride home to planet Loogl. The army men from Area 51 scared their spaceship away. So where can they find a place to land a spaceship without causing havoc? Hollywood, of course, on the stage set of a film crew! But when they get there, the three kids are roped into being extras on a new sci-fi TV show. Have Lek, Klatu, and Ploo finally hit the big time? Break out the shades - they''ve gone from seeing stars . . . to being stars!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Ploo, Lek, and Klatu have escaped from Area 51 and hit the road in a stolen station wagon. Where are they headed? Las Vegas, of course! After all Vegas has everything—slot machines, drive-through wedding chapels, Elvis impersonators. It’s sure to have someone who can fix their slightly beat-up spaceship!From the Trade Paperback edition.

Klatu, Lek, And Ploo finally have a day off from their job as extras on a hit sci-fi TV show. So what should they do around Los Angeles for a day? Go to Dizzyland, of course! The amusement park has everything, from roller-coasters to ferris wheels to funhouses. It even has a small zoo. But when Klatu, Lek, and Ploo look through the zoo, they are shocked to find a fuzzy baby alien, named Mu, all locked up. They have to set Mu free!From the Trade Paperback edition.

What I wanted was a cute little kitten. Instead, I got a tough tomcat that talks. And that''s not all! He says he''s my Great-Grandpa Julius and he needs my help. And messy litter box or not, family is family!

One minute I was looking for my retainer in the bathroom. The next, I was staring at a boy who looked just like me. And I don''t mean my reflection! What''s going on here?

My room is a mess. Now, usually this is not big news. But my clothes have started moving...when I''m not inside them. And the TV is floating across the room! Guess what! I''m sharing my room with a ghost named Wanda.

Who''d have thought mind reading could be such a pain? I mean, I expected to discover everyone''s silly secrets. But someone is planning something very strange--and it''s no joke!

Zack isn''t thrilled about having to get a tooth pulled, but a trip to the orthodontist proves a lot hairier than he ever expected. Nice old Dr. Silver has been replaced by the fang- toothed Dr. Jekyll, a mouthwash-guzzling mad scientist whose secret experiments have gone ker-plewy!

When Zack''s friend Spencer brings a 60''s-style hippie book on astral travel to a sleepover, Zack learns the ins and outs of out-of-body travel in a snap. Getting out of their bodies seems awfully easy for the boys. The problem is, how do they get back in?!

One minute, it was an Egyptian cat stature. The next, it was real, live cat with sharp claws. And I have the scratch to prove it! This was one trip to the museum I would never forget.

After months of hoarding his allowance, Zack is on his way to buy a prized baseball card. But when he gets to the store, the owner tells him that someone else has just bought it. Who, you may ask, has beaten Zack out of the card? A boy named Mack, who claims to be Zack''s son from the future.

Hawaii. Dream vacation. Same thing, right? Wrong! No sooner do Zack and his dad arrive at their hotel does strange things start happening to Zack. First he gets bonked on the head by a falling coconut, then the T. V. blows up, then he gets thrown off of the treadmill in the hotel spa. Zack appears to be cursed. Could it be the piece of lava rock he bought in the gift shop?

"My clone looks like me.My clone talks like me.He helps me with my homeworkand takes care of my bullies.And he could be the answerto all my problems.Or he could be my biggest one yet!

When Zack is given the chance to swim with dolphins on a trip to Florida, he dives right in. But before long, Zack is surprised to find that the dolphins are trying to tell him something ? and even more surprised that he can understand and talk to them! There''s definitely something fishy going on here! Could it be genuine animal communication? And can Zack and his new friends get their signals straight and salvage an old sunken ship filled with treasure?

A hypnotist''s show turns out to be way more than Zack bargains for when he is pulled out of the audience, put into a trance, and his body is "taken over" by the spirit of someone from the past. And that''s only the beginning, because the stubborn spirit won''t go away when the show''s over! It''s hard enough having just one self to worry about. What will Zack do with two?

What would you do if your fortune cookie fortunes started coming true? Confucius says something very weird is going on! Could his thirteenth adventure be Zack''s unlucky number?

Late one night when Zack hears strains of "Heartbreak Hotel" coming from the fridge, he discovers the possibility that Elvis lives on...as a turnip! Talk about getting back to musical roots!

When Zack and his dad come upon an alien whose spacecraft is running on empty in Central Park, it''s easy enough to find more fuel. (Mayonnaise!) But retrieving the abandoned spaceship from the NYPD is quite a different story!

Uh-oh! Thanks to a heaping helping of a new dietetic sugar substitute, Zack shrinks down to the size of a bug. It''s not all that bad--until he discovers an army of ants who are building an ant pyramid for their despotic pharaoh-queen!

Zack''s first trip to sleep-away camp gets a little hairy when legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the woods turn out to be more than just campfire tales. Is it the missing link? Yeti? Sasquatch? Bigfoot?

I went to visit my Grandma Leah in Chicago, and we went to a White Sox game. Doesn’t sound like such a big deal, right? Well, here’s the thing—Grandma played in the game!

It seems like a regular field trip to a natural history museum—until Zack gets locked inside for the night and discovers what really goes on in those display cases when no one is watching. A tribe of curious Neanderthals, rampaging woolly mammoths, prehistoric food shortages . . . it’s just another wild adventure for Zack!

Mummies are cool, but they’re creepy, too! Zack has faced aliens, vampires, time-travelers, ghosts, and Bigfoot—now find out what happens when he meets teenage mummy Ikhnaton (Icky for short).

Zack''s new substitute teacher seems kind of odd. And she is rather hairy. And get this, her name is Mrs. Wolfowitz! But is she really a werewolf? Or just one very weird lady who happens to like the taste of homework papers? Read on to find out!

Zack''s classmate Andrew Clancy is always bragging. Everyone knows he''s a big liar. But suddenly, Andrew is having trouble hiding the fact that he isn''t telling the truth, and every time he tells another whopper, his butt grows bigger-will it ever stop?