Alien Adventures — Jamila Gavin

In Sam McBratney's "The Stranger from Somewhere in Time," Helen, Lorna, Foxy, Murdo, and Bopper bury a time capsule without really expecting anything to happen, so imagine their surprise when they receive a message from the future Who "is" the stranger from somewhere in time? Next, in Jamila Gavin's "Deadly Friend--"meet Mohun just as a strange new boy at school and a new computer game suddenly take over Mohun's life. When the deadly game and real life merge, Mohun must save his best friend from annihilation Jasbir hates her new school. She can't find any friends and she's the only person without a pen-pal. But when a mysterious letter arrives on Jasbir's desk, all her problems are solved in Franzeska G. Ewart's "The Pen-Pal from Outer Space. " Atmospheric, full-color illustrations throughout from Martin and Ann Chatterton, Simone Lia, and Kev Hopgood enrich these cosmic tales of close encounters.