Aliens Spurlock
by Muriel Ellis Pritchett
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Pub Date Oct 10 2024 | Archive Date Nov 27 2024
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Description
“What could a far-away galaxy possibly have to do with a middle-school genealogy assignment? Astara is about to find out. Fast-paced, full of surprises . . . and the excitement keeps building right up to the very end!” –Pamela Taylor, best-selling author of the Second Son Chronicles
On planet Delphi, a secret government experiment leads to babies born with supernatural powers. As they grow older, their powers and abilities become stronger. Government leaders, fearing their secret will be discovered soon, decide to take the children away from their parents. But five rogue families flee Delphi taking their children to begin a new life on Earth in 1947.
Pursued by Delphi authorities, the families escape their doomed starship in a life pod. While U.S. military and federal agents search crash sites near Roswell, New Mexico, the alien families are rescued by a rancher and his two grandchildren. As federal authorities close in, volunteers for SIEL (Search for Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life) disguise the aliens as humans giving them new Earth names, identities, and lives.
Seventy-five years later, an alien granddaughter, Astara Spurlock, researches her family roots for a class project. Finding her search stymied, Astara emails the Federal Witness Protection Program for help. Then her unusual DNA test results send shock waves from Earth to the planet Delphi, placing the Spurlock family in grave danger. Will anyone be able to save the aliens Spurlock?
Advance Praise
"When sixth-grader Astara is given a genealogy assignment at school to trace her ancestors as far back as she can, she discovers things on one side of her family don't add up." -Diane Nagatoma, author of The Butterfly Cafe
"What could a far-away galaxy possibly have to do with a middle-school genealogy assignment? Astara is about to find out. Fast-paced, full of surprises . . . and the excitement keeps building right up to the very end!" -Pamela Taylor, best-selling author of the Second Son Chronicles
"You'll never look at the planet Earth the same way again after seeing it through alien eyes. A celestial adventure for all ages. Fun stuff." -Bobby Nash, author of Crimes In Time series and the Snow series
"Pritchett shows us how even a sixth grader can use technology and DNA to research her family tree -- a great way to introduce students to STEM projects in school." -Carole Greene Amason, Middle School Science Teacher