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Aliens & Extraterrestrials Books for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Aliens & Extraterrestrials Books for Ages 12–18

As your teen begins to navigate the vast and often lonely space of finding their own identity, stories about visitors from other worlds offer a profound lens for exploring what it means to truly belong. This collection of 303 titles captures that adolescent feeling of being an outsider, helping them process complex themes of isolation and connection through the thrill of first contact. From high stakes intergalactic survival to quiet stories of cosmic friendship, these books meet older readers exactly where they are.

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Earth and Sky #1

Skylar discovers her panic attacks are actually premonitions of an alien experiment that is unravelling the very fabric

Cover of Maze of Deception

Star Wars: Boba Fett #3

Maze of Deception

Boba Fett must outsmart dangerous enemies and decide if he can trust a bounty hunter to help him claim his father's hidd

Cover of Jedi Under Siege

Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #6

Jedi Under Siege

Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta

With the shield generator destroyed and an army of Dark Jedi descending on the academy, young knights must fight to prev

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Unfabulous #4

Starstruck

Sue Rose

Addie Singer picks up her pink guitar and joins a band, only to realize that staying true to her artistic vision is more

Ages 8–12

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Landscape with Invisible Hand

Alien invaders brought free tech and cures for every disease, but they also took everyone's jobs, leaving Adam and Chloe

Cover of The Threat Within

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice #18

The Threat Within

Sixteen-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi is ready for the next step in his Jedi training, but his master Qui-Gon Jinn may not be

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Jordan Kingston #1

Jordan Kingston and the Unknown

You will learn about the mysterious history of Roswell, crop circles, and the theory that ancient visitors once guided h

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Ghosts of Fear Street #11

Body Switchers from Outer Space

Klutzy Will finally gets his wish to swap bodies with the coolest kid in school, only to realize his new friend is actua

Cover of Earthling!

After boarding the wrong bus, Bud ends up at an intergalactic academy where being a human is a crime, forcing him to hid

Cover of The Dark Rival

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice #2

Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn struggles to guide young Obi-Wan Kenobi while still haunted by the dark betrayal of his former

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The Time Quintet #2

A Wind in the Door

Madeleine L'Engle

Meg Murry faces a high-stakes cosmic struggle to save her younger brother after he discovers mysterious dragons in the f

Cover of Hilo: Saving the Whole Wide World

Hilo: Saving the Whole Wide World

Hilo and his best friends face off against terrifying monsters from another dimension to prevent the destruction of the

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The Transall Saga

A flash of blue light transports thirteen-year-old Mark from a desert backpacking trip into a primitive world where surv

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K. A. Applegate

The Animorphs finally gain alien allies on Earth, but the arrival of the Andalites brings a whole new set of dangers to

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Hilo: All the Pieces Fit

Hilo and his loyal friends return for more high-stakes action in this graphic novel adventure where every piece of the p

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The Children of Valor #10

Jiden Armstrong must lead a desperate fleet of refugees past a powerful galactic guard that will stop at nothing to crus

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The Day the Universe Exploded My Head

The sun speaks its mind and retired rocket ships find a home in this rhythmic, fact-filled journey through the solar sys

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Gabby Duran & the Unsittables #3

Multiple Mayhem

Elise Allen, Daryle Conners

For the child who feels overwhelmed by a growing to-do list, this sci-fi comedy explores the chaos of juggling big respo

Cover of War Games

Amid the 1936 Berlin Olympics, gymnast Evie Harris uncovers a Nazi plot and must choose between her gold medal dreams an

Cover of The Familiar

K. A. Applegate

Jake wakes up twenty-five years in the future to find himself an adult in a grim world completely conquered by the alien

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The Forsaken Valor #2

William Alexander Armstrong must overcome his past as an executioner to lead a mission of peace, even as old enemies hun

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The Forsaken Valor #1

William Armstrong has sworn an oath to the dreaded Drakkus Empire to protect his friends, but a looming civil war forces

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Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond

Peer inside the International Space Station and search for alien life through intricate cutaway illustrations that revea

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Guy Erma and the Son of Empire #1

The Artwork of Guy Erma and the Son of Empire

Sally Ann Melia

An orphan dreaming of the elite and a kidnapped prince must both navigate the demands of a powerful commander in this hi

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