The Secrets of Star Whales

Rebecca Thorne

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JOLLY FISH PR
01 May 2021

Children's & young adult fiction & true stories; Space Exploration; Kids; Animals

"On the small space station Azura, Maxion Belmont is constantly torn between his two passions - engineering and music. Both are hobbies handed down from his father, which is bittersweet since his death two years ago. While his hydrodriver is great for repairing starship parts, his father's old string instrument tugs at the latent grief Max hides from his mum and classmates with each chord he strums.

When a foreign starship appears on the horizon, Azura welcomes their first tourist in years. But there's something weird about Mr. Hames, the stranger-turned-substitute teacher. He has no idea how to teach and keeps raving about the existence of alien creatures in the vacuum of space: star whales.

As Max and the rest of Mr. Hames's class-turned-starship crew begin to uncover the mysteries of the star whales, they discover they aren't the only ones looking for the elusive creatures - and not every whaler has good intentions.

AGES: 8 to 13

AUTHOR: The wild Rebecca Thorne can be found in her natural habitat: the local coffee shop. She is rarely more than an arms-length from her laptop and her ""Becky's"" coffee mug. When not in pursuit of caffeine, she prefers to relax with her two dogs, ensconced in her butt-cloud beanbag sofa. She might have been the flight attendant cracking puns on your last Southwest flight... or she might have been trying not to melt in the Arizona heat while you traveled the country. Rebecca has been writing since she was 11 years old, and never cared to leave her young protagonists. Though she prefers fantasy and science fiction, she's dabbled in every genre under the middle grade umbrella."

By: Rebecca Thorne
Imprint: JOLLY FISH PR
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781631634413
ISBN 10: 1631634410
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 01 May 2021
Recommended Age: From 8 to 14 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

The wild Rebecca Thorne can be found in her natural habitat: the local coffee shop. She is rarely more than an arm's length from her laptop and her Becky's coffee mug. When not in pursuit of caffeine or cracking puns as a flight attendant for Southwest, she prefers to relax with her two dogs, ensconced in her butt-cloud beanbag sofa. Find her online at rebeccathorne.net.

Reviews for The Secrets of Star Whales

A futuristic setting, an excitingly illicit field trip, and a set of magnificent, mysterious MacGuffins add up to a rare space adventure. --Booklist Entertaining and hopeful. --Kirkus Reviews A rollicking middle grade adventure with a subtle message about processing and expressing emotions, and the traps that await those who allow their sadness to masquerade as anger. --Foreword Reviews