Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion by K Tempest Bradford by Bradford, K. Tempest

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects, much to the grossed-out dismay of her Gramma and the pride of her parents. So when she finds the weirdest insect she’s ever seen in her front yard, she makes sure Gramma isn't looking and captures it for further study. But then Ruby realizes that the creature isn't just a rare insect. It's an alien bug. And it has promptly burned a hole through her window and disappeared. Soon things around the neighborhood go missing, and no one's