# Ruby Finley Vs. the Interstellar Invasion

**Author:** K. Tempest Bradford
**Grade range:** Grades 5–12
**First published:** 2026
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Science Fiction & Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9781250805485`
**ISBN-10:** `1250805481`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/ruby-finley-vs-the-interstellar-invasion
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion is a backyard adventure-mystery by debut children’s author K. Tempest Bradford, perfect for fans of Clean Getaway, The Last Last Day of Summer, and Sideways School. Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects and would do just about anything to be an entomologist, much to the grossed-out dismay of her Gramma. Ruby knows everything there is to know about insects so when she finds the weirdest bug she’s ever seen in her front yard, she makes sure no one is looking and captures it for further study. But then Ruby realizes that the creature isn't just a regular bug. And it has promptly burned a hole through her window and disappeared. Soon, random things around the neighborhood go missing, and no one's heard from the old lady down t

## Where this book is assigned

### Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction

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