{"product_id":"the-area-51-files-isbn-9780593429464","title":"The Area 51 Files","description":"\u003cb\u003eAliens, sassy hedgehogs, and unexplained disappearances . . . Oh, my! Discover the secrets of the universe in this hilarious, highly illustrated middle-grade series from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Julie Buxbaum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Epically fun!”—Max Brallier, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Kids on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she didn’t imagine she’d end up here: Area 51. A top-secret military base with a bajillion rules and so classified not even the president knows its secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso, it turns out the place is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But they prefer to be called Break Throughs, thank you very much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Sky sets out to explore her extraordinary new home with her pizza-obsessed pet hedgehog Spike, she meets her otherworldly next-door neighbor Elvis and his fluffy pup, Pickles. But something mysterious is afoot in Area 51. Some of the Break Throughs have gone missing… at the exact same time Sky arrived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere could they be? How can Sky and her uncle convince everyone they had nothing to do with the disappearance? And why does the macaroni and cheese at Area 51 Middle have eyeballs in it? New best friends Sky, Elvis, Spike, and Pickles try to crack the case, but the clock is ticking…\u003cb\u003eA 2023 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Novel! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A chapter book and graphic novel hybrid, it’s \u003cb\u003ebursting with fantastical extraterrestrial life-forms\u003c\/b\u003e.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eEpically fun!\u003c\/b\u003e Overflowing with aliens, adventure, mystery, and adorable animal sidekicks!”—Max Brallier, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Kids on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Area 51 Files\u003c\/i\u003e has everything you could possibly want from a middle grade novel: inventive characters, witty banter, hilarious jokes, charming illustrations, amusing extraterrestrials, action, adventure, mystery—and a snarky hedgehog.  It’s \u003cb\u003efunny, gripping, touching and all-around wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e.\"—Stuart Gibbs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Spy School series\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Filled with equal parts mystery and belly-laughs, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Area 51 Files\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an alien invasion of out-of-this-world fun\u003c\/b\u003e.”—Gordon Korman, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRestart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Kids are going to love this unputdownable, \u003cb\u003eextra-fun, extra-hilarious, extra-mysterious, extraterrestrial adventure\u003c\/b\u003e.\"—Sarah Mlynowski, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Whatever After series and the Upside-Down Magic series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Buxbaum’s middle-grade debut is \u003cb\u003ea rip-roaring series opener\u003c\/b\u003e complete with over-the-top characters and jokes galore. Naidu’s black-and-white cartoon illustrations extend the comedy with ongoing commentary that smartly interacts with the prose... \u003cb\u003eContagiously goofy and fun\u003c\/b\u003e.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good-natured humor lands alongside imaginatively rendered extraterrestrials (including a living cubist representation), while quick pacing keeps things light. B\u0026amp;w illustrations by Naidu both illuminate and expand upon this tongue-in-cheek mystery adventure.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJULIE BUXBAUM\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the young adult novels \u003ci\u003eTell Me Three Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Say Next\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHope and Other Punch Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAdmission\u003c\/i\u003e. She also wrote the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAfter You.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. She frequently has UFOs (Unidentified Food Objects) all over her shirt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAVANYA NAIDU\u003c\/b\u003e is a children’s book illustrator and animator, born and raised in Kolkata. A graduate of the National Institute of Design, she has worked on numerous children’s books as well as animation projects. She currently lives in Melbourne and recently completed her role as the head of design on the animated kids series \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Chores\u003c\/i\u003e (season 2) at 12field Animation. 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