Space Station Mars
by Daniel San Souci© 2005, 40 pages Level 2 (all about levels) Learn More on Amazon Reviewed by Gina Clifford
Meteors, secret codes, and space aliens all in one book! Space Station Mars recounts one memorable summer when a group of young neighborhood boys track aliens from outer space. After watching 'Invaders from Mars' at the movie theater, the boys decide that there must be life on Mars. Just then, a meteor streaks across the sky and the boys hatch a plan to find it! Hmmm. Believing that the rock in Ms. Gray's back yard is a meteor, the boys make some safety gear to safely retrieve the meteor, just in case it is radioactive.
Neil, an amateur scientist with a real chemistry set and a crystal radio he built all by himself, determines that the meteor is not radioactive. The adventure continues when the boys decide to track flying saucers using their clubhouse as a base and rename it 'Space Station Mars'. Things get exciting when the boys decide to return the meteor to the aliens, who appear to have landed across from the park!
Young children will enjoy this book read aloud and established readers will find this book easy to read. The illustrations are lively and fun, capturing a youngster's imagination. The author includes a nice bonus feature at the end that challenges the reader to decode the message on the last page of the book. After reading Space Station Mars, readers will want to set out on their own quest to track aliens from Mars and hunt for meteors in their own back yards.
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