Hydra cover

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 3.9
Points 5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 36405
Points per Word 0.000137

Description

Ben and Midge, two friends, notice mysterious crop circles appearing in the fields around Cansfield Farm. When they investigate the circles at night, they discover a secret laboratory where giant, mutating, flesh-eating jellyfish-like aliens are being kept. The friends must try to stop the aliens before they escape and cause danger to the surrounding area.

Quick Summary

Giant alien jellyfish hiding on a farm and turning farmland into a nightmare? This is the kind of weird, freaky science fiction that makes kids stay up past bedtime. Kids will geek out over the gross mutation details, The Monster at the Beach-on-the-loose tension, and two regular kids who actually figure out how to stop an alien invasion. If your kid likes the gross-out humor and alien mayhem of the Goosebumps series, they'll be hooked on Hydra. Perfect for kids in grades 4 through 6 who love creepy mysteries and science fiction with squirm-worthy monsters.