Way Off Base, Julie Buxbaum
Way Off Base, Julie Buxbaum
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Way Off Base

Author: Julie Buxbaum

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 4 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Is Area 51’s cover blown?! Sky and her otherworldly friends scramble to protect its secrets when a UFO goes missing in the fourth installment of this laugh-out-loud, Edgar Award-nominated series for young readers.

For the first time since Sky got to Area 51, things seem to be under control. No bunker hideouts. No incoming space toilets. No kidnappings of beloved relatives. In fact, everyone is in a celebratory mood because a special government visitor is coming to Area 51!

But on the morning of the visit, a UFO goes missing from the science lab. And then a mysterious whistleblower goes to the media saying they have evidence of a UFO landing! Did someone steal the UFO in order to reveal it to the whole wide world? Sky and her friends have less than a week to solve the mystery of the missing UFO, or all of Area 51’s secrets will be at risk. Guess things aren’t so calm after all!

* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains a recipe from the book.

About The Author

JULIE BUXBAUM is the New York Times bestselling author of the young adult novels Tell Me Three Things, What to Say Next, Hope and Other Punch Lines, and Admission. She also wrote the critically acclaimed The Opposite of Love and After You. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. She frequently has UFOs (Unidentified Food Objects) all over her shirt.LAVANYA NAIDU 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 The Strange Chores (season 2) at 12field Animation. In her spare time, Lavanya enjoys collecting dinosaur models and befriending dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly {SpaceOnTheBookcase] on July 15, 2025

Julie Buxbaum is back for the fourth installment of The Area 51 Files series with Way Off Base. Sky is enjoying Area 51 for the first time since she arrived; nothing is going wrong, everything is calm and all seems well. Until a whistleblower threatens to expose Area 51 to the public and the UFO fro......more

Goodreads review by Layne on January 26, 2026

a really funny book where our favorite characters are at it again......more

Goodreads review by BookLoverScar on August 19, 2025

All I can say is. I HOPE THERE IS A FIFTH ONE!!!!!! AND 6th and so on!!!......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 22, 2026

I think this book is really mysterious so if you like mysteries then this is the book for you.......more