Monks in Space : Trapped in a Fatal Orbit

English

ISBN: 1554511518

EAN: 9781554511518

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction/Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Annick Press, Limited

Release Date: 09/30/2008

Age Range: 10-14

Synopsis: Journey to the sun with a space-faring holy order, a drunken pilot and the young teen caught between them.Bartholomew hasnt had a lot of life experience. As a novice monk aboard the spaceship monastery Prominence, he spends his days in worship and creating exquisite sun-fired pottery. These trips to the sun are the only life Bart has known. Then, while training to be a pilot with Gary, the ships hard-drinking captain, Bart hears tales of life beyond the bulkheads.Life is quiet until, one fateful trip, Bart is plunged into more trouble than hes ever known. Two rescued castaways turn out to be interstellar thieves. A cleaning of the ships bilge leads to a shocking encounter with a giant eel. And then, disaster: when the Prominence reaches the closest point in its orbit around the sun, the engines fail.With only hours before the ship incinerates, Gary devises a plan, but it will save just a few of the ships 70 occupants. As temperatures and emotions soar, Bart heads into space, risking everything to save them all.Monks in Space is filled with zero-gravity action, memorable characters and mounting anxiety as the end of hope draws near. Readers will thrill to this electrifying adventure.

Monks in Space : Trapped in a Fatal Orbit

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.56 inches

Width: 5.0 inches

Length: 7.5 inches

Weight: 11.29 oz

Pages: 248