Space Runners #1: The Moon Platoon
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Publisher Description
Star Wars meets Ridley Pearson’s Kingdom Keepers in this high-stakes intergalactic adventure! The Moon Platoon is the first book in an action-packed series for tweens that’s perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lisa McMann.
In the year 2085, Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he and his family can scavenge on Earth. But when he wins a scholarship for a life-changing trip to visit the Lunar Taj, the first-ever resort on the Moon, Benny thinks he finally has a chance to give his family a better life.
Benny can’t wait to fly his very own Space Runner, practice reverse bungee jumping, and explore craters on the dark side of the Moon. But he gets more than he expected when he and the other kids discover the Moon has secrets no one else knows about. Benny is a long way from home—and soon there might not be an Earth to go back to.
Kids Save the World: A scholarship to the Moon was supposed to be a vacation, not a secret mission to stop an alien threat from destroying Earth.Unlikely Heroes: Benny’s a scavenger from the Drylands, not a soldier. Now he and a crew of scholarship kids are humanity’s only hope.High-Tech Adventure: Pilot advanced Space Runners, explore lunar craters, and uncover secrets hidden in the galaxy’s most luxurious resort.Found Family: To survive, kids from completely different worlds must learn to trust each other when the adults in charge can’t be trusted.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this SF thriller, the world's best and brightest youths become its last line of defense after they're taken to the Moon to participate in a scholarship program at the behest of a wealthy philanthropist. For Benny, who has grown up in a caravan community amid the desert wastelands of California, it's a chance to change his family's fortunes as well as play with the best toys, including the luxurious, tech-laden Space Runners, cars capable of interplanetary travel. At the Lunar Taj, he befriends daredevil Hot Dog, hacker Ramona, and obnoxiously confident Drue, but their curiosity to investigate the Moon's secrets brings them face-to-face with the real reason they've been gathered together. Kraatz (the Cloak Society series) maintains a satisfying balance of action, intrigue, and wonder in this first book in the Space Runners series. Memorably entertaining characters play well against the tense premise and high stakes. Although some of the worldbuilding is glossed over, such as the current state of affairs on Earth, this remains an enjoyable adventure. A Full Fathom Five property. Ages 8 12.
