Hee-So is back to normal now that Beatrice - her beloved, if erstwhile, cactus - is back in her life! Now she's determined to make the most of what's left of her summer vacation with her dear Won-Jun. But on a lovey-dovey date to the aquarium, Won-Jun drops a bombshell on Hee-So: He plans to leave the country...and her...behind! With her world crashing down around her, the heartbroken Hee-So resorts to junk food to fill the great big hole that Won-Jun's imminent departure has created. But soon she realizes that she's not as alone as she thinks. There's been someone by her side all along to pick up the pieces - Beatrice!

A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years. Poison has tainted the flavor of a high-ranking government agent and they are after Amy! Amy and Oliver survive the drone attack and hide at the dance, hoping for safety in numbers. Little do they know, a rogue agent of the First Contact Project is closing in on them with an EMP grenade that can disconnect everyone at the school--and she not afraid to get her hands a little dirty. Amy soon learns more about the tragic secret of Oliver and the Arno before being taken into custody by the agency controlling Oliver.

The countdown to the end begins, as Jack from Jupiter takes one step beyond - or does he? Hughie's triumphant return is not all he'd hoped for, but Butcher has bigger fish to fry. And The Boys meet the mysterious Doctor Peculiar.

The investigation into the Homecoming Incident turns deadly in the latest explosive volume of Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy! Amy struggles to adjust to her new life at the FCP, making new friends and reuniting with old ones, all the while haunted by the specters of the night before. Meanwhile, Cassie and Schafer begin to turn up new leads in the case, all the while unaware of the manipulations of mysterious National Security agent, James Silbur. And finally, the truth of Tammie’s abduction is revealed to the world, in the newest volume of Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy!

Beatrice has disappeared without a trace, leaving Hee-So to wallow in despair (not to mention her own filth) due to his inexplicable absence. And even a visit from Won-Jun can't drag her out of the dumps! In fact, he only makes it worse when Won-Jun takes Hee-So's true story about her walking, talking, now-missing cactus as a hint for him to mind his own business and get lost. But before Hee-So can be yanked out of her pity party to set things right with him, Sae-Bom's family drama begins to unfold with sudden and shocking consequences! Will Hee-So be able to make it over the rough road that lies ahead of her without her trusty, spiny little confidante at her side?!

Osama Tezuka's Astro Boy is the all-time, 100,000 horsepower champion of classic all-ages robot action! Available for the first time in America, these tales are as exciting, touching, and hilarious as when Tezuka crafted them almost half a century ago! In this volume: Astro Boy tries to foil a mad scientist's plot to use a robotic Cleopatra to recreate the ancient kingdom of Egypt; Astro tries to solve the mystery of a young ghost appearing on 3D TVs; and Astro joins with the robot Cobalt in a race against time to stop a lost H-Bomb from devastating Japan!

A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years. To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Her mom is the flavor of mint--sharp and bright. Her dad is like hot chocolate--sweet and full of gentle warmth. Amy lives on a mining colony in out in deep space, but when her dad loses his job the entire family is forced to move back to Earth. Amy says goodbye to her best friend Jemmah and climbs into a cryotube where she will spend the next 30 years frozen in a state of suspended animation, hurtling in a rocket toward her new home. Her life will never be the same, but all she can think about is how when she gets to Earth, Jemmah will have grown up without her. When Amy arrives on Earth, she feels like an alien in a strange land. The sky is beautiful but gravity is heavy and the people are weird. Stranger still is the boy she meets at her new school--a boy who has no flavor.

A Newbery Honor Book * Booklist Editors’ Choice * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library Best Fiction * Horn Book Fanfare * Kirkus Reviews Best Books * Publishers Weekly Best Books * Wall Street Journal Best of the Year * An ALA Notable Book A young outcast is swept up into a thrilling and perilous medieval treasure hunt in this award-winning literary page-turner by acclaimed bestselling author Catherine Gilbert Murdock. The Book of Boy was awarded a Newbery Honor. “A treat from start to finish.”—Wall Street Journal Boy has always been relegated to the outskirts of his small village. With a hump on his back, a mysterious past, and a tendency to talk to animals, he is often mocked by others in his town—until the arrival of a shadowy pilgrim named Secondus. Impressed with Boy’s climbing and jumping abilities, Secondus engages Boy as his servant, pulling him into an action-packed and suspenseful expedition across Europe to gather seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Boy quickly realizes this journey is not an innocent one. They are stealing the relics and accumulating dangerous enemies in the process. But Boy is determined to see this pilgrimage through until the end—for what if St. Peter has the power to make him the same as the other boys? This epic and engrossing quest story by Newbery Honor author Catherine Gilbert Murdock is for fans of Adam Gidwitz’s The Inquisitor’s Tale and Grace Lin’s Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and for readers of all ages. Features a map and black-and-white art by Ian Schoenherr throughout.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

This comprehensive guide is an authentic facsimile edition of a 1930s classic compendium of general knowledge. Informative and amusing, it is the perfect retro volume for men and boys of all ages.