The Starburst Juju Author:Monica Strang Pepper, a 15-year-old girl living in the aftermath of an economically collapsed earth, prepares to witness the annual abduction of humans by extraterrestrials. When its Pepper's parents who are taken, she learns that they are not the humble human schoolteachers she thought she knew, but two of the most powerful inventors throughout many ... more »worlds. Desperate to find them, Pepper will do anything to get them back, even if it means finding the otherworldly Starburst Juju, a stone that can free her parents from alien confinement. A percentage of this purchase will go to Book Trust, whose mission is to deliver choice and ownership of books to children from low-income families, increasing their literacy skills and fostering life-long learning. www.BookTrust.org« less
Wonderful sci-FY adventure for young adults. Spaceships, aliens, cool devices, this book has them all. Five kids man up and save the universe. I will be happy to pass this book on.