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    Star Power #2
    Star Power #2
    Star Power #2
    Ebook75 pages27 minutes

    Star Power #2

    By Cathy Hapka, Ellen Vandenberg and Gillian Reid

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    Can Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew blast off on new adventures in this chapter book series!

    Everyone knows that humans can't travel to the sun...at least that's true in the year 2020. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew find themselves orbiting the sun in a solar probe, they soon discover that they've gone almost one thousand years into the future! As they are zipping through space, the heat shields on their spacecraft come loose. They must find a way to fix it and get back to Earth in time for Wallace's family barbecue and before their probe gets baked like a potato!

    Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
    Release dateJan 12, 2021
    ISBN9780593095768
    Star Power #2
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    Cathy Hapka

    Cathy Hapka has written more than 100 books for children and adults. She’s written for series as a ghostwriter and has also authored original titles. She lives in Pennsylvania.

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      Star Power #2 - Cathy Hapka

      Chapter 1

      RAINY DAY

      Look, Val. Wallace held up his notebook. What do you think?

      I was watching the rain come down in Wallace’s front yard. I looked at his notebook. There was a weird drawing in it.

      What is that thing? I asked.

      It’s a heat blaster, Wallace said. He pointed to the homemade action figure sitting on the porch swing. Zixtar could use this to fight the ice aliens.

      It looks like a flying hot dog, I said. What’s the power source? Ketchup?

      My stomach grumbled. Hot dogs and ketchup made me think about the barbecue happening soon. All of Wallace’s relatives were coming, and the whole neighborhood was invited, too. I couldn’t wait. I just hoped it stopped raining by then.

      Whatever, Wallace muttered. I’m just saying we need to figure something out, or the earth will be a giant snowball forever.

      I shrugged. We can figure it out after the barbecue.

      He looked unhappy. I wasn’t surprised. Wallace was obsessed with the TV show Comet Jumpers. He was even entering a contest to write an episode for the show! Zixtar was a new character he’d created. That’s what Wallace told me when he moved here last week. He doesn’t know much about science or outer space, but lucky for him, I do! That’s why everyone calls me Astronaut Girl. And it’s why I offered to be his partner to write the script.

      Hey, Walla Walla! someone shouted.

      A car had just stopped in front of the house. Who’s that? I asked. I couldn’t wait to meet all of Wallace’s relatives.

      It’s Aunt Celia, Uncle Walt, and my cousins Kayla and Dwayne. Wallace still sounded grumpy. I wondered if he was worried about the barbecue being rained out. I wasn’t worried, though. His gramps already said he would move the grill onto the back porch if he had to.

      The adults waved and went inside. Dwayne and Kayla stayed on the porch. They were a few years older than us.

      Hi, I’m Val, I said. I live next door. I’m Wallace’s writing partner.

      Dwayne grinned. Writing partner, huh? he said, and elbowed Wallace. Is she going to help you not embarrass yourself at the family storytelling contest today?

      Dwayne and Kayla laughed. Wallace didn’t.

      Storytelling contest? I said. What’s that?

      They told me they had a family tradition. When everyone got together, they ended the gathering by holding a contest. Anyone who wanted

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