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The Oceans Between Stars by Kevin Emerson
5.0
About mid-way through the first book, my son declared: "It's going to end on a cliff-hangar, isn't it? Isn't it, Mom? There's no way they can resolve this in 24-hours!"
He loved the first one, loved counting down the hours chapter-by-chapter, and had to show me when it skips 7 hours or so. He put the second book, this one, on hold at the library. This was a new experience in reading for him, wanting to read something so much that he actually put it on hold (usually, it's me who follows series and puts them on hold when a new one comes out).
He loved it! It doesn't do the countdown thing again, but if you've watched the Netflix series, Lost in Space, this series has the same "natural disaster of the week" to survive feel, with a hint of something more sinister in the works.
There's a third planned and my son can't wait for it! This is science fiction done right.
Visit my blog for more great middle grade book recommendations, free teaching materials and fiction writing tips: http://amb.strikingly.com/
He loved the first one, loved counting down the hours chapter-by-chapter, and had to show me when it skips 7 hours or so. He put the second book, this one, on hold at the library. This was a new experience in reading for him, wanting to read something so much that he actually put it on hold (usually, it's me who follows series and puts them on hold when a new one comes out).
He loved it! It doesn't do the countdown thing again, but if you've watched the Netflix series, Lost in Space, this series has the same "natural disaster of the week" to survive feel, with a hint of something more sinister in the works.
There's a third planned and my son can't wait for it! This is science fiction done right.
Visit my blog for more great middle grade book recommendations, free teaching materials and fiction writing tips: http://amb.strikingly.com/