Alien secrets

Title:

Alien secrets

Author:

Klause, Annette Curtis.

ISBN:

9780440410614

Physical Description:

227 pages ; 20 cm

General Note:

"A Yearling book."

Previously published: New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, 1993.

Reading Level:

RL: 5.7.

010 and up.

680 Lexile

Abstract:

On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery involving a precious artifact.

Subject:

Life and other planets -- Juvenile fiction.

Life on other planets -- Juvenile fiction.

Science fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

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Audience	Shelf Location	Material Type	Shelf Number	Current Location
Kids/Juvenile	Fiction	Paperback book	JPB KLAUSE	Searching... Unknown

Puck, expelled from yet another boarding school, is on her way back to her parents, who are doing alien research on Shoon. She's worried because she hasn't seen them in years and now she's in trouble. On boardThe Cat's Cradle,Puck befriends Hush, a native Shoowa, who is also returning to his home in shame. He was entrusted with a symbol of freedom for his people, and now that treasure has been stolen. He believes the Soo is hidden somewhere onThe Cat's Cradle,and he must recover it before they reach Shoon and before it can be smuggled off the ship. Puck is determined to help, even though it means putting her life in danger--danger from the crew, other passengers, and the ghosts who are haunting the ship. If she fails, neither she nor Hush can return home with dignity.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This intergalactic murder mystery, according to PW, boasts ``exceptionally well-drawn and appealing'' main charactersa 13-year-old girl and her alien friend Hush. Ages 10-up. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Gr. 5-8. In a decided departure from The Silver Kiss (1990), Klause offers middle-grade readers a dynamic 1990s variation on the best of the 1950s-early 1960s juvenile science fiction by Heinlein, Norton, Bova, et al. (She gives a nod to Heinlein by naming one of the spaceship cats in her story after Heinlein's protagonist in Podkayne of Mars, which also features a resilient young heroine). Aboard a space freighter en route to the planet where her scientist-parents are based, Robin (Puck) Goodfellow, almost 13 and just expelled from school, finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving an alien named Hush (for short), whom she befriends and helps; a cherished artifact that has been stolen from him; a brutal murder; an abundance of suspects; and the unhappy spirits of some of Hush's people, who died aboard the ship when it was a slaver. The characterizations of Puck and Hush and the portrayal of their growing friendship are irresistible; their attempt to locate the missing artifact while evading likely enemies is rousing; and the descriptions of alien beings and cultures as well as the extrapolation of hyperspace travel fit neatly into the narrative. ~--Sally Estes

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