Boon On The Moon

by John Huddles

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Pub Date Mar 04 2020 | Archive Date Jul 21 2021

Notable Kids Publishing

Children's Fiction | Middle Grade | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

When ten-year-old Byron "Boon" Barnett boards a rocket-ship for a move to the Moon with his family (and his irritating robot, Jose Ignacio), he's expecting the time of his life in the lunar colony of Cosmopolis. What he's not expecting is a stellar disaster that'll demolish Cosmopolis before lunch. Boon insists he knows how to survive it, but people tend not to believe him about stuff. His parents have been lecturing him on the dividing line between using his imagination for fun and using it as an excuse for bad behavior. Suddenly it's the dividing line between life and death.

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E-book: 9781733354882

Advance Praise

Foreword INDIES Finalist 2020
"A boy and his robot move to Earth’s moon in John Huddles’s wonderful Boon on the Moon. There’s a raw, childlike joyfulness to Boon’s story; his unabashed enthusiasm for discovery is infectious. Combining innocent wonder with hard science, Boon on the Moon is a terrific and memorable science fiction tale."
—Peter Dabbene, Foreword Reviews (starred)

“Huddles’ literary debut is a brisk, delightful story. The prose and action are fast-paced and often funny: A bus that swerves to avoid a crashing meteoroid contains passengers 'of the screaming variety.' This book launches a prospective series featuring Byron, and the time-jump ending is a clear setup for a sequel. Exemplary characters enliven a comical lunar romp." —Kirkus Reviews